GameMaker Studio Changelog

What's new in GameMaker Studio 2023.6.0.89

Jul 4, 2023

June’s 2023.6 release brings to the IDE: important SSO login fixes; a new project loading/conversion tool which GameMaker will use to convert older/newer projects into a format suitable for opening in this IDE version; a new Sprite Editor option for Spine collisions; Font Editor and Inspector options for controlling SDF font support in your games; a fix for copy/pasting in images from other art packages and also for pasting large amounts of clipboard text into Code Editors; a number of other stability fixes for various bits of functionality throughout GameMaker; and it also makes Feather default to being enabled for new users and users who have never tried enabling Feather in the past (if you have enabled it and then disabled it again, this setting will not be overwritten).
On the runtimes side there are: new debug overlays which use a new GUI system; 3 new audio effects; support for the new NPLN multiplayer system on Switch; changes to Xbox GDK to make video rendering require the same setup as the other platforms and being able to read old UWP saves in your GDK games; changes to Cocoapods to make them easier to setup and more reliably handle existing setup issues on the Mac; a new “game launcher” system; support for a struct “shorthand” style in the Code Editor and for the new Spine collisions and SDF font controls already mentioned above; lots of other new functions and a number of important bug fixes.
There are updates to our recently-introduced Live Wallpapers template included in this release, so if you have been developing your own wallpapers already, please do review the new template project and port any changes to your own projects.
Finally, you will also find that in the Help menu inside GameMaker there is a new "Create Your Bug Report Package" option - this new tool will collect and zip up all the various files we usually ask for when answering any tickets you have submitted, making it much easier for you to send us all the information we require if you do have an issue using GameMaker. You can find more info on this tool lower down in the IDE notes.
Please do check your SDKs and other external tools are the correct versions before doing any builds - you can see our Required SDKs FAQ and the various platform setup guides that page links to in order to get all of this information at any time.
See below for all IDE changes/fixes since 2023.4.0 and then check the Runtime Release Notes for all the in-game ones.
Release Notes:
Licensing Fixes For SSO Users:
Added a fix for scenarios where SSO login attempts occasionally receive a 404 error from the web server and that caused GameMaker to treat the account as a Guest (and so therefore you did not see all of your expected modules inside Target Manager)
Now, if there is a login error GameMaker will fall back to using any existing licencing information you have previously downloaded and will continue to login as normal if this earlier session is still valid
New Project Loading/Saving Tool:
GameMaker now has a new application it calls when loading/importing/saving projects, which performs a lot of upgrade/downgrade checks on the project as you're opening them
This fixes some issues with importing very old projects which have not been able to safely be imported for a while (in particular pre-2020 projects and also some 2.2.5-era projects which contain lots of DND actions, plus also some which were already missing specific data from some asset types)
It will also allow IDEs starting with this release to open and allow you to edit projects which are created/opened in future IDE releases, as the older IDE will know to safely ignore the assets and other features it does not know how about
You should find that any old projects which had issues opening before will work now (if they still do not, send them to us in a Helpdesk ticket, please!)
Feather Now Enabled By Default:
Feather is now enabled by default for all new users and when performing fresh installations
For users who have existing Preferences: if you have never tried Feather in the past, then you don’t have a saved value and so the new default will take effect and Feather will be on for you, but if you have ever enabled it and then disabled it again, your existing saved value will not be overwritten and Feather will remain off for you
If you would like to modify your settings you can always find them in Preferences > Feather Settings at any time
Help Menu “Create Your Bug Report Package” Tool:
If you ever need to send us a Helpdesk ticket or bug report, then there is a new entry in the Help menu for a "Create Your Bug Report Package" tool
This tool will quickly gather together the various log files, licensing files, and version numbers, etc., that we will always ask for when answering your tickets and will package them all up for you into one handy zip file so you can attach it to your ticket
If you have a project open at the time, it will also ask if you want to include an export of that project inside the .zip
We greatly appreciate it whenever you send as small a sample project as you can create which shows the issue (rather than including your entire game projects), but please do send sample projects when you can, as it does make it so much quicker and easier for issues to be determined and fixed
Changes To Verifying Preferences Path/Command Line Paths During Builds:
If you try to build for a target which you have not correctly configured inside Preferences, you will now more reliably get an error message telling you which setting needs to be fixed and the build will be failed properly
Note that for anyone using command line builds, the same change has been applied - see the runtime notes for more information
Updated The Live Wallpaper Template:
The template has now been updated with some recent additions, performance improvements and bug fixes
Adds examples of how you can set and use the new options functionality - in this case via additional performance settings you can adjust
Also fixes a few scaling issues, such as the following bugs (if you had any of these issues, then you may need to create a new project using the template and then copy/paste the changes into your own project):
In-Game: [GX.games] Live Wallpapers are no longer drawn using different dimensions when the project is ran locally using GM, differs from the result after publishing
In-Game: [GX.games] Template project needs to account for browser_height/browser_width being 0 on the first frame of the game
Choose Your Preferred Spine Collision Values
Prior to April, GameMaker would inconsistently apply one of either of the bounding box and/or collision mask from a Spine collision mesh or the precomputed mask from the Sprite Editor, depending on different code paths executed in the game
In April Betas this was temporarily changed to always use the Spine collision mesh everywhere, but then it was discovered a number of projects were relying on collision values defined in the Sprite Editor - even though those values did not apply well to all Spine sprites - and so that change got backed out before the April monthly release
This updated change for June now adds a "Spine Collision Mesh" option into the Sprite Editor, which allows you to explicitly choose to consistently use Spine collision meshes OR GM collision masks in all code paths, for each individual Sprite
Control SDF Settings For A Font In The Font Editor
Added support for outputting SDF font-rendering information during compilation, so now fonts which were created in the IDE can be supported in-game
You can find new settings in the Font Editor and the Inspector to enable/disable SDF for each individual Font and configure the required values
Added support for struct "shorthand"
Inside the code editor you can now use "shorthand" to declare a struct and say that you want it to contain a member with the same name as an existing variable, saving you needing to add the ": repeat the variable name" bit each time
So, for example, if we have these three lines in our code: var apples = 10; var oranges = 15; var all_fruits = {apples: apples, oranges: oranges, lemons: 7} we could now shorten that third line and write it as var all_fruits = {apples, oranges, lemons: 7} instead
The compiler will expand your code back into the old format for you and so everything will work in-game as it always has
Misc Changes To Be Aware Of
Building Projects: Cocoapods has a new, clean and universal (Silicon|Intel) implementation to better handle any setup issues [see the runtime notes for more]
Game Options: [Switch] Added new checkboxes for whether your game will use NEX or NPLN [see the runtime notes for more info on the new NPLN support]
Game Options: [Xbox GDK] Added more "Support 4K on ..." options to cover Xbox One X/S and Series X/S devices
Particle Editor: "Draw Order" value is no longer ignored when actually running the game and so now particles will use the correct order [so if any of your particle systems are drawn reversed now, check if you had actually ticked that option inside the Particle Editor in the last release]
Particle Editor: "Enabled" value is no longer ignored during your builds and so now disabled particles will be hidden in-game [same as above, if a particle no longer appears in-game, check you didn’t previously set them to be disabled]
Preferences: Added a new preference for toggling verbose logging into your ui.log file - which can be useful for determining permission/firewall issues on your local machine (or if you're asked to send us an expanded log for a bug report you have filed)
Project Load: Projects can now be opened even when an AnimCurve inside the project has somehow lost any of its Y point values, allowing you to the edit the curve and fix the issue [all missing values on any curve which is one of "Position", "Rotation", "Scale", or "Origin" will now be reset to 0,0, as these types of curves always require their x and y channels to be in sync and the same length, etc.]
Other Bugs Fixed
Asset Browser: [Ubuntu IDE] GM no longer crashes when renaming an asset to an invalid name if the current OS doesn't support a system beep
Building Projects: Fixed that newlines inside double-quoted strings could only be escaped in files which have Unix-style line endings
Building Projects: [Android] Builds no longer fail if mixing both forward and backward slashes in the path(s) to individual file(s)
Building Projects: [macOS] iOS extension files are no longer incorrectly injected into the build package alongside the macOS versions
Building Projects: [Ubuntu IDE] [macOS] Files window now open automatically after creating an executable
Building Projects: [Switch] NEX installation path as set in Preferences is no longer always checked during builds (because this is a valid setup), which therefore removes an error if the destination file not found
Building Projects: [Switch] Fixed that you were often unable to Create Exe successfully using SDK 15 due to an error in the authoring tool where it no longer allows being passed empty folders
Building Projects: [Windows] Game Options macro for "projectName" is now expanded correctly, stops warnings during NSIS builds as well as adding the missing information into the .exe’s properties
Building Projects: [Windows] Game Options value for "Publisher" is now added to the output package [same benefits as the line above]
Building Projects: [Windows YYC] Compilation no longer fails when comparing a number to a point_direction() result in an “if” expression
Code Editor: Code such as "var0 = var1!=0+var2!=0" no longer causes local variables further down in that code file to not have their correct colour
Code Editor: Converting a Visual script containing a disabled node to Code no longer makes that node disappear
Code Editor: [Mac IDE] Caret no longer snaps to previous line when attempting to type on a new line using the Japanese IME
Code Editor: [Mac IDE] Characters are now replaced correctly when using the native macOS IME
Debugger: GM no longer goes unstable and then crashes (on some occasions) when closing the debugger tab after running repeated macOS builds from the Windows IDE
Device Manager: [Ubuntu IDE] "Detect Browsers" now detects the major browsers if they are installed [the same list the Windows and Mac IDEs will detect]
Docs Integration: FIxed that the Help menu "Knowledge Base" link incorrectly opened a old subcategory page, rather than the actual main landing page
Feather: "AudioEffectType" and "AudioLFOType" enums are now shown in the autocomplete list
Feather: GM no longer hangs if a very large amount of text is pasted into a Code Editor in one go [there might be a short pause if it’s a lot of text, but GameMaker will now reliably continue]
Feather: Importing the GMLive package "input_5_5_0.yymps" and choosing to replace an older version of those files no longer causes GM to get stuck "analysing" the project
Feather: view_wport is no longer incorrectly marked as deprecated
Game Options: GM no longer goes unstable when signing out of an account that does not have the Android module due to Android Logcat options being checked when they didn’t need to be [similar issues happened with some other modules also, such as Switch]
Game Options: [Windows/HTML5] When generating project images the icon preview no longer always appears empty
Game Options: [Xbox GDK] “Service Manifest for Event-Based Stats” button no longer gives a broken error message and opens wrong Prefs section if your Visual Studio or SDK paths cannot be found at that moment
GXC Integration: Fixed a "String not found" message on the dialog shown whenever changing your Opera GXC environment fails
Included Files: GM no longer hangs when adding 7k files at once into the datafiles folder [there will of course be a delay while so many files are processed, but GM will now finish the process and remain stable]
Inspector: [Objects] Light skin no longer uses white or pale backgrounds with white icons for search, icon, and selection arrow buttons, uses the correct darker icons
Inspector: [Room Layers] Can now unlock the Animation Speed field on a Background layer again
Install: The EULA link to the GMC Guidelines site no longer takes you to a 404 error page
Install: [Mac IDE] Installer user agreement text no longer has unexpected "?" characters before the bullet points
Install: [Ubuntu IDE] Dock and applications menu no longer use the old Beta icon
Install: [Win IDE] Opera GX’s component name in the installer is now a much more appropriate length for the visible area
Localisation: [EN] Runtime Modules dialog no longer shows Guest users a missing string for “TargetSelection_Platform_Test”
Localisation: [IT] Italian translation for the "Clean" button on the toolbar has been fixed
Preferences: Added settings to allow changing the toolchain directory for the new runtime
Preferences: GM no longer crashes when changing Build Cache and Temp directory paths and then resetting to defaults
Preferences: Setting an invalid font to be the IDE Default Font now detects/fixes this properly, so that the Preference value no longer shows incorrect info indicating the font had been set
Preferences: [Mac IDE] Lowering the "Background framerate" value now reduces CPU usage much more when GM is not in focus
Project Import: [Mac IDE] Extra files are no longer created outside the main project folder when a 2.2.5 project is imported (and this no longer generates warnings about these unwanted files)
Project Load: [Mac IDE] Right-clicking .yyz files and "open with" now starts the Import process properly, rather than stopping at the Start Page
Project Load: Fast Serialiser no longer fails to read TextureGroups that reference ParentGroups, causing the old serialiser to be used instead - now, all of it will be handled by the faster method
Project Load: Projects containing instances which inherit code from parents that have been removed at some point in the past now have this redundant/stale information cleaned automatically, as in previous versions the code obviously did nothing in-game but you got no indication about why it wasn’t called
Project Import: Old 2.2.5-format projects which contain heavy amounts of GML Visual ("DND") use can now be converted
Project Load: Projects created and last opened in a GM version from before the year 2020 (so project format < 1.3) no longer fail to load
These few fixes above have also fixed a number of bug reports (not listed here for privacy reasons) all to do with individual user's projects which would not open/import/convert properly in GameMaker releases for a little while [see the new feature notes higher up]
Redefine Keys: Fixed the missing strings for the keyboard shortcuts regarding creating new Particle assets
Redefine Keys: [Image Editor] Shortcuts for "Auto Trim and "Export to PNG" now work correctly
Room Editor: GM no longer crashes in some circumstances after performing multiple actions in a row via keyboard shortcuts and then trying to Undo
Room Editor: GM no longer goes unstable when double-clicking on a search result which points to a disabled instance's creation code
Room Editor: GM no longer goes unstable when opening a project which has an instance creation code window already open in its layout and for which no code file exists at that moment
Room Editor: Room contents are now updated when Room Manager's inheritance values are updated
Sequence Editor: "Invalid shared curve" dialog text is no longer cut off
Sequence Editor: [Attached Keys] All keys now get selected reliably when using the SHIFT+LMB hotkey to do this
Sequence Editor: Changing the sorting of tracks inside groups no longer shows incorrect results until you next reopen that sequence
Sequence Editor: Text is no longer incorrectly rendered using the "DPI override" Preference value, stops issues where text can look different in the editor to the in-game result if the IDE is set to anything other than 100% DPI
Sequence Editor: [Light Skin] Dope Sheet no longer shows track preview images as silhouettes
Sprite Editor: Extended the selection areas for "Texture Settings, "Collision Mask" and "Nine Slice" so the whole row will react to mouse clicks, rather than just the area where the words are
Start Up: Fixed the missing string for "UserLogin_NoRuntime" on the dialog shown when unable to find a runtime in a stale cached copy of the runtime feed you had downloaded previously/access the runtime feed to download the current contents
Start Up: Fixed that the runtime installation warning dialog about limited space was missing all of its strings in 2023.4
Startup: Changed which gamemaker.io websites GameMaker tries to check in order to confirm it is able to reach the internet [so this will stop silent errors in your ui.log each run - also, if you do firewall GM and only allow access to a limited set of our own websites, then this might also fix issues with GM thinking it’s offline]
Target Manager: Using the "Modify Current Runtime Install" button in Preferences and applying a change now refreshes the owned/downloaded status of all modules in the list
Target Manager: [GX.games] Fixed that devices were not selectable when scanning a QR code from the 2023.4 IDE
UI/UX: Changed the staff credits to a link which opens an external webpage in the OS default browser, rather than the old scrolling window
UI/UX: Custom GX Environment SSO login dialog "No" button now also closes the dialog, as you might expect, rather than you having to always click the X afterwards
UI/UX: Licencing Error 47 dialog’s “Retry” button has now been relabelled to clarify it only allows SSO retries
UI/UX: [Accounts Menu] If you resize the GameMaker window when the Accounts panel is open, the opened dialog no longer stays at old location until GameMaker is clicked again
UI/UX: [Mac IDE] Beta IDE "Release Notes" link in the Help menu no longer takes you to a very old "GMS2" beta releases page
Workspace: [Mac IDE] Pinch-to-zoom no longer gets activated by other multi-finger gestures

New in GameMaker Studio 2023.2.1.75 (Mar 15, 2023)

The 2023.2 release brings support for a new particle editor inside the IDE, which you can now use to create your own particle systems and add them into the room editor or your sequences, so they appear in-game as you designed them and you can set behaviours such as triggering other systems when the current one ends. There are also a selection of example effects available to choose from. Because this is an entirely new asset type which older IDEs and runtimes have no knowledge of, if you open or create any project in this new release it will not work in older GameMaker releases. If you think you might need to use an older IDE version again in future (SDK compatibility for a released game, for example), then please do ensure you backup your project first and also read these notes carefully.
Additionally, free users can now use more of the functionality inside GameMaker - and you can even now use the majority of the GameMaker IDE without even needing to sign-in. This is most useful for brand-new users, as now you can start GameMaker and explore it before you’re asked to register a new account and sign-in - now you will only have to sign-in before you can click the Create Exe button for any targets or before actively opening functionality which requires you to be signed in, such as downloading optional runtimes (the essential runtimes will be automatically installed when you first start GameMaker). As part of this change, all account-management links have been moved to a new accounts panel in the top-right corner and the Start Page no longer says your name or when you last logged-in. Note that this change does not affect the usual 28-day licensing requirement for users who are signing-in, nor does it remove any other occasional internet requirements. Also, if you have an existing saved Preference for which runtimes should be downloaded this will be used when you update to the new version, rather than GameMaker only downloading the minimal set.
On the runtimes side, there are several new functions for creating loop points during audio playback and for managing your audio assets and SDF fonts; the ability to select from a list of new surface formats; support for your JavaScript extensions to inject into a HTML5 game’s .html file; and important FPS fixes for Android devices which have higher refresh rate screens.
Please do check your SDKs and other external tools are the correct versions before doing any builds, as you can see from the bug changelist below and also from the runtime release notes page that several platforms have been updated for this release - you can see our Required SDKs FAQ and the various platform setup guides that page links to in order to get all of this information at any time.
See below for IDE changes/fixes since 2023.1.1 and then check The Runtime Release Notes for some very important changes you need to be aware of.

New in GameMaker Studio 2023.2.0.71 (Mar 6, 2023)

Particle Asset Type And A New Editor
No Enforced Sign-In During Startup
New Launch Options When Doing Builds
Asset Browser UI/UX Tweaks
HTML5 Extensions Can Inject Into The Index File
Misc Changes To Be Aware Of
Other Bugs Fixed:
Asset Browser: GM no longer goes unstable when removing a colour from a Tag
Asset Browser: Fixed cases where preview icons sometimes appear empty or show the red X until some other action triggers a refresh (or gets stuck that that way for a while on some machines)
Building Projects: Compiler log no longer writes a redundant message for an unrecognised type tag for old Xbox One options
Building Projects: Fixed cases where images were written out as 1-bit .pngs as of 2023.1.0 - this would result in white sprites being drawn black in-game and also iOS splash screen crashes (also added code to more reliably read these images back in if they are already in your project)
Building Projects: [YYC] Accessing a static method in a constructor no longer causes the build to fail
Building Projects: [HTML5] Extension Options now escape any backslashes which have been entered in the text fields
Building Projects: [Mac IDE] iOS builds no longer fail when overriding the YYExtAppDelegateBaseClass in Igor (e.g., our Firebase extension)
Building Projects: [Android] Fixed a a JAVA_HOME error caused by the Java location is no longer always inside a folder called "jre" [note that if using Electric Eel you might need “Update 1” to avoid this bug inside Android Studio’s tools]
Building Projects: [Android] Added support for the newer Gradle release which Electric Eel requires during builds
Building Projects: [Mac IDE] Fixed an Android Studio Dolphin/Electric Eel give error that the ADB executable cannot be found when checking for connected devices
Building Projects: [iOS, tvOS] When using Xcode 14 the "App Category", "Display Name", "Version" and "Build" fields are now populated correctly
Building Projects: [iOS, tvOS] Xcode 14 now correctly sets the initial splash screen to be the one specified in Game Options
Building Projects: [tvOS] Fixed an issue where projects failed to build with Xcode 14, gave error 74 and a "The project is damaged and cannot be opened due to a parse error" message
Command Line Builds: [Mac IDE] HTML5 runs no longer fail due to an incorrect webserver path being hardcoded
Feather: array_pop() tooltip now shows its correct description
Feather: audio_create_buffer_sound()'s return type is now the correct "Asset.GMSound"
Feather: Fixed an issue where the autocomplete list is unreliable as to whether it listed all inherited values from a grandparent in a child (the parent was usually correct)
Feather: GM no longer crashes when using Quick Fix actions more than 5 times in short succession
Feather: Type-checking is correct again for built-in variables' struct members, rather than always returning "Any" like it did in the last releases
Licensing: Free/guest users can now add and edit groups in these two editors
Licensing: Free/guest users can now resize existing Texture Pages someone else has already added into a project
Licensing: Free/guest users can now use the Create Local Package command
Licensing: Free/guest users can now import SWF and Spine files
Licensing: Free/guest users can now import projects - including old-format projects which contain additional custom Configs
Licensing: Free/guest users can now add and edit Filter/Effect layers in rooms
Project Export: Fixed a issue where GM has been unable to create an export of TheMol… for a few releases and additionally went unstable in Jan23 specifically as it tried to make the .yyz
Project Import: Chinese characters in folder names no longer causes missing assets when sharing .yyzs of a project
Project Save: The default room name is always no longer incorrectly localised for some IDE languages and so is always "Room1" again (fixes issues with sharing projects made in some languages, as seen on the line above)
Room Editor: Layers Panel content no longer disappears when using the undo command on Room Editor operations
Room Editor: Rooms and the Inspector no longer use different values for an instance's sprite location vs its position marker box and so cause an offset in the Room Editor when placing your instances [the inspector will now show and use the decimal places whenever present]
Sequence Editor: GM no longer crashes when undoing-and-redoing changes to an embedded animation curve
Syntax Errors: string_split() now correctly handles the last 2 of its 4 arguments as being optional, stops an unexpected syntax error
Target Manager: Fixed an issue there the current target platform and device values could be shown as empty in the top-right of the GameMaker window when loading a project after a user has upgraded from a free account [as a slight aside, you can also now use the new “Update Licence” command to immediately get any new purchases]
Undo/Redo: GM no longer crashes when using undo or redo multiple times in a row in a Room Editor and going off the end of the undo/redo list
Workspaces: Pressing the Alt button on your keyboard when using Laptop Mode no longer unwantedly moves focus to wherever the mouse cursor is at that moment [see the Misc Change above]
Workspaces: Scripts already open in the Debugger are again able to be opened at the same time in a workspace (you no longer have to close the Debugger copy first, like you did in 2023.1)

New in GameMaker Studio 2023.1.1.62 (Feb 17, 2023)

January’s 2023.1 release sees a number of tool changes designed to speed up project-loading and importing assets, to stop a number of long-term source control quality-of-life issues, and to reduce download/install sizes for the runtimes. There are also a number of important fixes for the Debugger crashing and using up too much memory (or mis-reporting in-game RAM usage on some platforms), plus important stability fixes for the MQTT server if you have GameMaker behind a firewall.
As you can see, there are a number of very important changes and additions in this release, so it’s very important that you do read these release notes very carefully before you update.
Within the 2023.1 IDE we have made a large number of fixes or improvements to Feather; the Image Editor has a new shortcut for converting clipboard content to being a brush you can reuse; there is now the ability to add all sprite types to your Texture Groups lists and then load/unload these extra texture pages at the same time in-game; and so you can debug issues more easily there are now HTML5 preferences for pretty-printing your code and the ability for extensions to create custom ADB logging tags when running Android games.
On the runtimes side, 2023.1 brings the introduction of several powerful yet easy-to-understand new features, all aimed at making it easier to create a good-looking and quality-feeling game: the new ”Move And Collide” collisions function can greatly reduce the amount of code required to create player character collisions really quickly; Signed Distance Field ("SDF") font support allows you to scale fonts up/down and maintain excellent quality levels, so no need to ship multiple copies of the same font at different point sizes; and the new "Tremolo" audio effect allows you to more easily achieve this type of advanced audio functionality. There are also several major changes or improvements to existing functionality - like the behaviours of statics, which now know their inheritance chain and allow you to check whether a certain function is declared.

New in GameMaker Studio 2023.1.0.58 (Jan 31, 2023)

Building Projects: real() can now convert hexadecimal strings larger than 32bit, stops the compile error you would get in earlier releases
Building Projects: [YYC] show_debug_message() using a optional arg no longer causes a compile fail
Building Projects: [macOS] Fixed an issue where doing repeated builds without pressing the stop button yourself in between could give "Unable to obtain permission to execute" errors on some builds
Building Projects: [macOS YYC] In previous releases the IAP entitlement was always included in the project files, so "Personal Team" Apple accounts could not build projects without having to edit the Xcode project manually each time - now, the entitlement is only added by the IAPs extension
Building Projects: [Ubuntu YYC] Compiling from Windows/Mac IDEs to Ubuntu no longer fails on an error in the "unshare" command towards the end of your build
Building Projects: [Xbox GDK] Game Options values for Service Manifest for Event-Based Stats are now applied correctly
Building Projects: [Android] When updating Gradle during your build (if this is required), it is now the smaller "gradle-7.4-bin" package GameMaker requests instead of "gradle-7.4-all", so the download and install sizes are smaller
Code Editor (Visual): Search & Replace no longer fails to Find All if you pass in a GML Code string (and so in previous releases you had to repeat the search to find more matches) [see the explanation higher up]
Command Line Builds: HTML5 no longer fails due to an incorrect webserver path
Command Line Builds: Opera GX runs no longer fail because Igor is unable to handle a Preferences key used during the build
Debugger: [Mac IDE] Now displays the correct memory usage of a game again (rather than always saying 4GB is in use, as it did in 2022.11)
Debugger: Fixed an issue where hovering over some local vars in paused code windows could cause a game crash
File Watcher: Can now detect Included Files that have been deleted while the project was closed
Game Options: Radiobox gadgets no longer shift position after hovering the mouse over one of its radio buttons (e.g. Android's "Launchscreen fill" setting)
Image Editor: "Center Fit" button now works correctly after rotating the image 90 degrees
Included Files: Duplicate entries are no longer written to the project .yyp file and any existing duplicates will be cleaned up
Included Files: Fixed a GM crash when editing/moving any file which lacks a file extension outside GameMaker if "Open in Explorer" button was used to open that file
Included Files: Fixed a GM crash when using Microsoft Excel to save changes to a .csv Included File
Inspector: [Objects and Rooms] Fixed that when using the default layout some of the Physics section’s values appeared clipped
Inspector: [Rooms] Copying and pasting instances from one layer to another now works reliably
Inspector: [Objects] Fixed a GM crash when adding a new event to an object via the Inspector’s context menu if that object is also already open in its own editor within the workspace
Layouts: [Inspector] Reopening the Room Inspector from the Window menu after closing it manually will now reopen it with its Layers View panel always shown
Object Editor: Dragging an asset into the Variable Definitions window for a child object which overrides its parent no longer overwrites its parent's default value also
Preferences: [Redefine Keys] Fixed a number of missing spaces in the labels for some "Errors" keys
Preferences: DPI values are now reset along with all the other values when clicking the Restore Defaults button on that General page
Preferences: New lines are no longer repeatedly added to the end of the Object Editor’s "default event content" textfield
Project Load: Fixed an issue where if a project layout has an open Included Files window and the project has lots of Included Files it needs to show, then loading that project could stall in 2022.11
Project Save: Fixed an issue where GM soft locks and takes longer than necessary when saving changes to a sprite after importing a large number of big images at once [see the explanation higher up]
Room Editor: Fixed that certain effects applied to child-layers would be drawn incorrectly on the canvas if the main layer also had an effect applied to it
Sequence Editor: Fixed a GM crash when pressing Shift+Home/End whilst a track is selected in the Track Panel
Sequence Editor: Fixed a GM hang when adding a function from the moment editor if source control is also enabled at the time
Sequence Editor: Can now expand the duration of 1-frame tracks on the Dope Sheet when the Preference "Automatically stretch new assets" has been disabled
Sequence Editor: Fixed that embedded animcurves had their points’ "v" field values clipped
Sprite Editor: Resizing a newly-duplicated sprite will now apply the new size correctly on the first attempt
Start Page: The "all/official/user" filter dropdown value on the New Project page is now remembered for future visits to the Start Page
Startup: Fixed a GM unstable when a computer wakes up from sleep, due to an MQTT error in the ui.log
Startup: Copyright date has now been updated to say “2023”
Startup: Fixed an issue only in 2022.11 where GameMaker did starts up for the first time using your chosen language if you had selected either Brazilian Portuguese or Chinese during the installer
Startup: Fixed a silent exception which wrote out the ui.log because a NetworkProxy was being incorrectly sent an empty string
Startup: [Ubuntu IDE] Runtime Modules dialog no longer has the macOS module disabled in the selection list
Texture Groups: The preview window is now refreshed/cleared when changing the selected group
UI/UX: Undocking and Redocking a dock-able window no longer has the potential to cause all Workspace UI to become unresponsive
UI/UX: [Light Skin] Overridden instance variable "name" and "type" values in the Inspector and Room Editor are no longer light-text-on-a-white-background
Workspaces: Fixed the ability to drag assets from the Asset Browser to the workspace and open their editor that way

New in GameMaker Studio 2022.11.0.54 (Nov 29, 2022)

New Runtime Modules Dialog For Customising Your Runtime Downloads:
You will see a new dialog for this the first time you start this new version, so for more information on this dialog and how to use it, please see our new FAQ all about it
GameMaker now handles downloading just the specific modules you require from each runtime - you can select a minimal install suitable for your current OS, whichever modules you require just now, or “just give me everything” (which is what GameMaker has always done until now)
You can modify these choices at any time by clicking the new button on the Runtime Feeds screen, but be aware that whilst the dialog will add additional modules okay, it will not remove any which were previously downloaded - if you wanted to do that, you will currently need to modify the dialog settings and then delete your entire runtime folder, so that GameMaker will re-download just the bits you now want
Preferences has also been changed so that downloading any runtime version manually will always ask if you want to activate it, regardless of where on that line you clicked when initiating the download (previously, you had to specifically click the version number in order to be asked)
Offline Support When Signed-In Using Opera Account:
Up until this release, you were unable to use GameMaker offline if you had migrated your account and signed-in using the Opera Account single sign-in method
You now can sign-in to a saved Opera Account session and carry on offline for the usual must-go-online-once-a-month requirement that GameMaker Accounts have long used
Pinch-To-Zoom Has Been Re-Implemented:
The Workspace can now be zoomed in and out on devices with touch inputs (like trackpads)
Windows IDE, this is done via Ctrl plus one finger on the trackpad; Mac IDE, it’s a two-finger pinch gesture
There is a new Preference to disable this feature if you don’t want it
Image Editor Support For Pasting As A New Layer:
The Image Editor now allows you to paste directly from your clipboard to a new layer
This new layer will be automatically placed above the currently-selected layer and the pan tool will be auto-selected to immediately allow you to control the pasted content as you wish
This is the default behaviour now, as there was a lot of feedback in favour of this change, but the previous “Paste-As-Brush” behaviour can be enabled again in Preferences if you want it
Implemented Case-Insensitive Compatibility Mode For The Mac IDE:
There has been an ongoing issue with case-sensitivity when working across different operating systems and changing an asset's character case when renaming it (and how this change of case might then effect external tools, such as git)
An option has been added to allow you to disable these extra renaming checks, as it is quite performance-heavy
(The same changes affect the Ubuntu IDE Beta also, as it behaves the same as the Mac IDE)
Feather Additions:
Feather Now reparses scripts whenever they are edited outside GameMaker
The new rule GM2064 will validate that initialiser struct variables have variable definitions for the target object (and its Quick Fixes will now create Variable Definitions for missing fields)
GM1013’s Quick Fix behaviour has now been modified for creating an instance variable
Device Manager Support For Opera GX Mobile Devices:
You will likely see a new firewall prompt for this the first time you start this new version, so for more information on this functionality and how to use it, please see our new FAQ all about it
Added a new MQTT server for discovering Opera GX Mobile devices on your network, allowing you to just as easily test your GX games on your phone or tablet as you can on your desktop
Simply scan the QR code inside Device Manager to connect the mobile device to GameMaker in seconds
Note that your devices are only linked to that one instance of GameMaker and will be forgotten the next time you close GameMaker
More Room Editor Layers Functionality:
Old Film, Hue, Ripples, Blocks Background, Panorama Background and Parallax Background have all now been added into the Room Editor for you to use in your games
Also added an indicator into the Layers Panel to show when any filter/effect has been used on a layer
Code Editor Support For Binary Literals And Underscores In Numbers:
Binary literals can now be declared in the form 0b…. (same as the hex literal 0x… that GameMaker has supported for a while). For example: var six = 0b0110; or var thirteen = 0b0100 | 0b1001;
Also, integer, floating point, hex, and binary literals may now take an underscore to act as a visual separator. For example: var integer = 100_000_000; or var float = 3_141.59; or var hexadec = 0xDEAD_BEEF; or var binary = 0b01101000_01101001;
Note that this is a Code Editor and Compiler change only - there is no support for this in-game
Misc Other Changes To Be Aware Of:
Building Projects: Gradle version has been updated to match the requirements of Android APIs 32+ [please see the runtime notes for a little more information]
Debugger: The struct versions of "activeTracks" no longer uses the wrong order for "colourmultiply" track values [was actually that the in-game order was wrong and you might need to change your code, so please see the runtime note’s Change To Be Aware Of section for more information on this one]
Licensing: Proxy server of incorrect type causes startup crash [additionally, the proxy server details field now blocks https addresses from being added and there is more logging also for if your setup does somehow still cause issues]
Localisation: Our language csv files have now been updated to conform to RFC 4180 standard (and therefore escape special characters) - whilst you may not need to make any changes in your existing custom language files, you should be aware of this process change if you’re editing ours or making your own localisation spreadsheets from scratch in future
Sequence Editor: It was never really exposed in the IDE, but there was a WIP asset track available in-game - this has now been removed, as the full in-game implementation was never done, and so if you were using this “hidden” track in your games you will now need to change your code accordingly
Other Bugs Fixed:
AnimCurve Editor: [Windows IDE] GM no longer crashes when undoing all changes made to a newly-created curve
Asset Browser: Renaming a group the same as another group in the same location now shows the correct message, rather than an incorrect "group cannot contain or /" message
Asset Browser: Room Manager "Collapse All" context menu command does not work unless you clicked in empty space
Building Projects: Fixed that you were unable to build any project which uses a Sprite with Nine Slice enabled as a Background layer - and that GameMaker showed an incorrect error message about what was causing the build to fail
Building Projects: [Android] Fixed that injection of IronSource's recommended ProGuard values created an invalid ProGuard file because an unwanted "methods" closing tag was incorrectly added
Building Projects: [GDK] Added a stage to precompile the shaders in a project
Building Projects: [HTML5] Fixed that attempting to re-run a project when one is still running only asked you to cancel the existing run one time and then would require you to stop the build manually each time thereafter
Building Projects: [HTML5] Also fixed that clicking the 'Stop' button to end a running project resulted in the mixed message “FAILED: Run Program Complete” being written in the Output Window log
Building Projects: [HTML5] Fixed an issue where projects which contain the "JuJu Libraries" extension as well as other extensions could fail to find some of their extension functions later in-game
Building Projects: [macOS] Fixed an issue where YYC builds from the Windows IDE could fail for some projects due to an incorrect App ID value being sent
Building Projects: post_texture scripts are now run when targeting all platforms, not only when building for Windows
Building Projects: Calling "sprite_width(0)" now gives a compiler error for you to fix, as it is a code error in-game, so now the IDE will make you aware sooner
Building Projects: Optional arguments in functions being omitted no longer causes a variety of build failures which differed depending on how that function is later called
Building Projects: Fixed the Xcode project GM writes out so that XCode 14 requirement changes no longer cause "undefined symbols for architecture arm64: _objc_msgSend$X" errors when using older XCode versions
Building Projects: [Android] Runner no longer always fails the new Lint checks in SDK 33
Building Projects: [GX.games] You can now upload games when using a different config to "Default"
Building Projects: [HTML5] Builds no longer fail for audio files which contain .png or other non-audio metadata, which also stops a method of GameMaker going unstable when reloading the project after failing that build
Building Projects: [HTML5] Builds again work reliably when the Game Options’ "path folder name" has been changed from the default of "html5game" to anything custom [this was an issue in 2022.9 only]
Building Projects: [Ubuntu IDE] iOS YYC projects containing extensions no longer gives an incomplete Xcode project with missing .ext files
Code Editor: Fixed clicking MMB on a function again so it scrolls the new Code Editor window down to place its declaration line at the top of the visible area
Code Editor (Visual): Added nodes for the Get/Set/Use Rollback Player Preferences functions recently added for GML in Beta releases
Code Editor (Visual): In multicolumn layouts, using the arrow keys no longer affects all columns at the same time
Crash Reporter: Fixed various project-building issues which caused the crash reporter to be triggered on next startup, when there's no record of a crash in the log and you were likely unaware of any issues with the previous run
Debugger: Fixed that HTML5 games could fail to run (gives white screen) if invisible non-standard characters had accidentally been included in the project and therefore broke the obfuscation process
Feather: Fixed that a Function declared inside a Function would incorrectly use the Instance Variable naming rule
Feather: Autocomplete now shows in-scope variables when typing at the end of a script
Feather: Autocomplete now shows results on partial match following dot dereference
Feather: Fixed the return values for various colour and blend functions
Feather: Directives specified in scripts now propagate correctly into the functions declared within that script
Feather: Enum number values are no longer always cast to real when used
Feather: Extensions now have a way to supply information about their functions, so unexpected messages are no longer shown
Feather: Now correctly identifies any functions which are prefixed by macro names
Feather: Now correctly renames some “non-game” asset types and gives better, more consistent name suggestions for all
Feather: No longer reports the wrong type of variable when using the modifiers / and %
Feather: Fixed a GM crash when reusing the name of a function as its return value and then hovering over the return value line of code
Feather: Fixed an error when giving a struct to instance_create_depth and instance_create_layer and calling a variable from the struct in the create event of the relevant object
Feather: Fixed an incorrect GM1045 warning when returning -1 from a function if its JSDoc says it returns Asset *
Feather: Fixed an incorrect GM2025 when passing a variable of type Asset.GMObject to a "with" statement
Feather: Fixed an incorrect warning that an alarm does not exist if calling the alarm in a function
Feather: Incorrectly-formatted JSDoc types now show the expected GM1062 errors
Feather: Inheriting a constructor declared in an event will no longer give incorrect GM1054 warnings
Feather: JSDoc types for arguments of constructor functions assigned to macros are now shown correctly in tooltips
Feather: JSDoc values are now determined correctly for functions declared inside struct literals
Feather: LowerCamelCase and UpperCamelCase naming rules no longer say that names containing consecutive uppercase characters are not valid
Feather: Creating a ds_map using an accessor will now determine the type correctly in further Feather tooltips, etc.
Feather: Fixed an issue which made it possible for GM1010 to be incorrectly displayed
Feather: Preferences default values for naming styles now match our guidelines for coding standards in our official tutorials, documentation and extensions (but of course you’re free to edit them as you wish)
Feather: Syntax errors for missing closing brackets are now highlighted in the code editor and the matching Feather Messages error is now clickable
Feather: The suggestion icon no longer sometimes covers the total number of suggestions
Feather: Tooltips now more reliably and quickly update their contents when hovering over same identifier on a different line
Feather: Tooltips for enums no longer fail to display values which are incorrectly set to be strings (also improved the tooltip contents when showing enum members)
Feather: Fixed various type-checking errors for a number of functions due to bad data in the GmlSpec.xml file
Feather: Fixed an unexpected GM1041 Warning when calling audio_effect_create() and using any of its AudioEffectType enums
Feather: Fixed an unexpected GM1044 message when calling "event_type == ev_draw && event_number==0" because ev_draw_normal event type is not supported
Feather: Fixed unexpected GM2016 warnings for some "global." variables declared in scripts
Feather: Fixed an unexpected GM2018 warning when declaring a new var and not giving it an initial value on that same line of code
Feather: Using bitwise operators in macro definitions and then calling these macros no longer breaks subsequent code highlighting within scripts
Feather: Variable Definitions used in the matching event for both parent and child objects no longer get an unexpected Warning GM2016 message
Feather: Fixed an incorrect GM1009 message when comparing layer_get_id() to -1
Feather: ds_priority_delete_min() is no longer incorrectly treated as a pure function
Feather: gpu_set_tex_...() functions "sampler_index" argument type is no longer incorrectly treated as Real, now is of the correct type Id.Uniform
Feather: The “id” built-in variable now changes type according to any custom JSDoc parameters you have defined
Feather: mp_* functions are no longer incorrectly treated as a pure function
Feather: Fixed that type-checking for Struct.WeakRef “ref” field is not declared as Any*
Feather: sequence_instance_override_object()’s struct argument is now treated as the correct type
Feather: skeleton_attachment_exists() and skeleton_attachment_replace_colour() are now highlighted properly and are no longer missing some of their tooltip info
Feather: time_source_...() functions now allow Constant.TimeSource as a valid arg type for all applicable functions
Feather: Local variable definitions no longer incorrectly flag GM2043 in some circumstances
GXC Integration: GM no longer goes unstable when uploading builds to GX.games if Game Options is still open at the time
Game Options: GM no longer goes unstable when clicking the GX.games account status refresh button if the SSO response is delayed significantly by the remote server
Game Options: [PS5] Finished the removal of redundant options which are not actually used during builds [the UI for these was removed in 2022.8, but creating a new project still wrote the default values to the .yyp, so those are removed now also]
Go To: Feather's Preferences now appear in search results
Image Editor: GM no longer goes unstable after changing the Onion Skin settings and then editing the preview frames manually
Inspector: Scrollbar range is now limited correctly, so it no longer continues to reduce in size and leads to an offset mouse cursor
Inspector: [Room Layers] The Instances panel can now be be manually resized
Inspector: Can now click on an already-selected item within a multi-select list to deselect it
Inspector: [Font] [Mac IDE] Tags field no longer cuts off the bottoms of some characters
Inspector: [Room Instance] Copy and pasting an instance which has creation code now shows this code immediately
Inspector: [Sequence] Opacity and Offset controls for images are now disabled when no image has been selected yet
Install: Fixed an issue where the runtime installation process can cause a RDP disconnect
Licensing: GM no longer crashes on startup when encountering a Proxy server of an invalid type
Local Packages: Importing single objects from a package now more reliably retains its “parent” value when an object with the parent's name already exists
Local Packages: Importing only a room from a package now fully accounts for the other assets referenced in the room [also stopped GM going unstable if the imported room duplicates an existing room's name]
Marketplace Integration: Added extra logging to diagnose "failed to acquire access token" errors when updating existing packages [if you do get this issue, please send us a ticket with your ui.log file attached]
Object Editor: Fixed a GM crash when undoing the movement of an object between AB groups if that object is also open
Object Editor: Assets can now be dragged onto the Variable Definitions window pickers to set "Asset"-type values
Preferences: Android's default SDK/NDK/JDK paths are now the same paths Android Studio defaults to for that OS
Preferences: Fixed a couple of remaining "Resources" name used instead of "assets" in General Settings
Preferences: Anti-aliasing radio buttons no longer shift to the left after hovering over them
Preferences: The Feather section is now localised
Project Export: Root-level compile scripts are now included in .yyz packages
Project Import: Fixed the default name GM will suggest when any .yyz filename contains additional dots earlier in the name
Project Save: Removed a redundant warning when renaming newly-created and empty Timeline moments
Recent Windows: Clicking on a “chained” window (e.g., an object’s Event window) now also Inspects the relevant asset
Room Editor: Fixed an issue which meant "Inherit Sub Layers" and "Inherit Layer Visibility" were occasionally disabled after enabling one of them
Room Editor: Duplicating a room now renames all of its instances' creation code files correctly and so the code appears immediately
Room Editor: Fixed an issue which meant Layers which inherit from other rooms kept showing their "inherited" status after the parent room is removed
Room Editor: Paths can now be modified when "select from any layer" is enabled
Room Editor:Reinstated Tile Layer panel preview icons for tileset
Room Inspector: Selecting an Instance from the Instance Layer list now also selects it inside the Room Editor
Sprite Editor: [Spine] Fixed an issue which meant it was in some cases not possible to import images which have multiple skins using Spine's mesh-deformation feature
Start Page: Made the URLs shown on various Template descriptions to be clickable hyperlinks
Start Page: Downloading any Templates will now recreate the required “TemplateFiles” cache folder if it has been deleted outside GM whilst GM is open
Start Page: Folder picker button now has a hover highlight
Start Page: Modified the tour/wizard to start new users on step 2, as they have no existing projects to be shown/told about
Startup: GM now better handles the situation where both the font set in the skin and Preference's default IDE font cannot be loaded on a machine for some reason- will give proper information that this issue has occurred
Startup: Fixed that failing to find any runtime feed showed two error dialogs and also duplicated the error dialog string as part of the splash screen
Startup: GM no longer crashes if you click other buttons too quickly after clicking "Ignore this version" on an update available notification
Startup: Logging in using SSO no longer causes a harmless machine.General Settings.Environment.Environment error to be written in the ui.log
Tile Set Editor: Reinstated the auto-tiling brush-builder and animations library panels' preview icons for the tileset
UI/UX: Fixed an issue where continued mouse wheel input kept scrolling the initial dialog for slightly too long after the cursor had been moved over another scrollable panel
UI/UX: Added an entry for “GameMaker-HTML5” repo into the Licences page
UI/UX: Added the "IDE Environment Variables" dialog into the Windows menubar dropdown
UI/UX: Fixed that reopening closed Output Windows from the Windows menu always created them undocked
UI/UX: When Feather is enabled, the "Syntax Errors" menu option is renamed "Feather Messages" and will open the correct dock panel (if Feather is disabled, it will show “Syntax Errors” again)
UI/UX: [Mac IDE] Fixed an issue where a previously-closed file picker dialog reappeared after switching back to GM from another application
UI/UX: [Mac IDE] Fixed that some commands which use Cmd/Shift/Option keys in Redefine Keys were shown elsewhere in the IDE with their labels incorrectly saying Alt is required

New in GameMaker Studio 2022.9.1.51 (Oct 13, 2022)

New in GameMaker Studio 2022.8.1.37 (Sep 13, 2022)

New in GameMaker Studio 2022.8.0.34 (Sep 8, 2022)

New in GameMaker Studio 2022.6.1.26 (Jul 29, 2022)

New in GameMaker Studio 2022.6.0.23 (Jul 1, 2022)

New in GameMaker Studio 2.3.7 Build 606 (Dec 9, 2021)

New in GameMaker Studio 2.3.5 Build 585 (Sep 30, 2021)

Misc Important Changes To Be Aware Of:
Building Projects: Android/iOS extensions with existing injection code made in 2.3.3-or-older no longer require editing one time before they will build properly
In-Game: buffer_seek() is no longer required after async_load[? "buffer"] - the async_load puts the buffer back to the correct starting position as it used to
Other Bugs Fixed:
Building Projects: Fixed that games did not run from the IDE if the target machine is a Linux distro using Wayland windowing system (e.g., Ubuntu 21 / Chrome 90)
Building Projects: [Mac IDE] Ubuntu builds should no longer fail due to ssh connection "already connected" error regarding the log file being missing
Building Projects: [Ubuntu IDE] Local runs/debugging games should now find the correct real display even when third-party apps have created multiple virtual displays
Debugger: Fixed stepping code functionality so it will no longer in certain circumstances navigate to a line that is not actually getting called
In-Game: Fixed object parameters in functions not working as expected after destroying and recreating an instance of that object
In-Game: Fixed some inconsistent scoping behaviours of same-struct variable access which was introduced in 2.3.4
In-Game: Fixed an "Unset" error when referencing instance variables via object_id
In-Game: Collision masks now scale correctly to match nine-slice scaling
In-Game: Precise collisions no longer cause the significant performance drop seen in 2.3.4
In-Game: asset_get_index() can now get the index of Scripts [HTML5]
In-Game [HTML5] draw_* functions' behaviour when alpha is set to 255 is now consistent with Windows
In-Game: file_rename() now works when specifying a non-ASCII path
In-Game: tag_get_asset_ids() now returns the correct values for Scripts [HTML5]
Ticket: [HTML5] Cicla... no longer crashes on array_sort()
Ticket: [HTML5] "html5 return self" project now works on HTML5
Ticket: [Windows] Fixed silent crashes when starting project CryptoS...
Ticket: [YYC] Fixed silent crashes in lds-yyc-crash when creating a custom struct and p

New in GameMaker Studio 2.3.4 Build 583 (Sep 20, 2021)

New in GameMaker Studio 2.3.3 Build 574 (Jul 22, 2021)

New in GameMaker Studio 2.3.3 Build 570 (Jul 13, 2021)

New in GameMaker Studio 2.3.2 Build 558 (Apr 14, 2021)

New in GameMaker Studio 2.3.1 Build 542 (Dec 17, 2020)

New in GameMaker Studio 2.3.1 Build 536 (Nov 24, 2020)

Project Conversion Fixes:
Lots and lots of project conversion issues have been fixed (and a number of you have recieved fixed copies of your projects already, so they're not listed below), however the vast majority were due to one of the following four reasons:
The default texture/audio groups disappearing from the old project during the conversion process (the same issue which was affecting our own tutorials)
Corrupt views referencing resources multiple times (so the project may have had issues in 2.2.5, saying it couldn't find files, etc.)
DnD Scripts referencing multiple resources in unhandled ways
Amazon's Game Options not upgrading properly from very old values to current ones
If your project previously failed to convert in 2.3.0 (and we haven't already sent you a fixed copy), please try it again now. If it still fails, then please file a bug ticket and send us the project .yyz/.zip
Bezier Curves:
Added a new curve type in the Curve Editor - Beziers allow you to ease in/out of curve points and fine-tune your animations
Also made a number of improvements to manipulating curves used as position tracks on the Sequence Editor canvas - such as live preview/updating of the canvas area as you modify your curves and the ability to modify your bezier handles on the canvas itself
Dopesheet Curve Editor:
Further improving curve-editing, you can now edit your embedded curves right in the dopesheet within the Sequence Editor - toggle to the curve editing mode and make your changes to see the canvas update
Added a "Height of Anim Curve Track in Dopesheet" Preference so you can choose whether you want your curves to be double-height in the Dopesheet
Snappable Dopesheet:
And finally for curve-editing and the Sequence Editor, you can also now snap the Dopesheet to the top, bottom, left or right edges of the Sequence Editor ...or you can pop it out into its own floating window
Closing or "resetting" a floating Dopesheet will restore it back to the default (bottom) snap
Each Sequence has its own snap/floating setting so that you can do things like float the dopesheet for one sequence and see it alongside the dopesheet for another
Sprite Broadcast Messages:
2.3.0 added the ability for a sequence track to fire off Broadcast Messages, and now 2.3.1 brings the same functionality to all sprites
You add the message as a moment on the Sprite Editor timeline and then this fires in-game when that frame is reached
Room Manager Tools:
The Room Manager window has now been extended so you can more easily move your rooms around when you have lots of them you need to manage - some UI tweaks, new send to top/bottom buttons, plus the ability to add groups
Note that grouping the rooms has no effect on their order - this is still always performed top-to-bottom
Multiple New Package Formats:
Windows x64 runner support (toggled via Game Options > Windows)
ARMv7 packages for Ubuntu (GMS2 works this out dynamically depending on the architecture of the device you are targeting for that build)
UWP multiple architectures in one package (part of the Create Exe button process)
Should you have one, you will also find GMS2 itself and macOS games now run fine on your Apple Silicon developer-testing Mac
If you have issues with your projects running fine in the "regular" versions of any of these but in the "new" versions they are incorrect, then please do file a bug ticket and send us the .yyz/.zip copy of the project (give us a download URL if the project is larger than 20MB)
Removed The English Manual From The Installer
As more of you are using GMS2's localisation capabilities and choosing to work in your native languages, we have now removed the English manual from the GMS2 install to save a reasonable amount of download size and install space requirement
The first time you access the manual inside GMS2 you will be asked if you want to download a local copy and work offline or if you're happy continuing with the online manual
If you want to download the manual later on, or want to change your manual language, then you can do this via Preferences > General Settings > Help
Be aware also that as well as manual.yoyogames.com (English), there is now also manual-de (Deutsch), manual-fr (Française) and manual-es (Español)
Misc Other Changes:
Changed the default sorting method used when importing a project to be Custom, so the Asset Browser order matches how the project looked before
Changed the code-folding on { to be on the function line always, so that you don't get a dangling { as in 2.3.0 - also added a Preference to disable code-folding on { for those who only want to fold via regions
Added a new Preference for whether you want changing the filtering of the asset browser to immediately re-expanded the groups or not (that the asset browser always expanded all groups each time you created an asset while the filter is active has been fixed)
Have had to slightly change the Mac IDE keys for managing Bookmarks, as the old ones clashed with macOS hotkeys and so caused issues - setting a bookmark is now CMD+CTRL+[0-9] and jumping back to it later is CMD+[0-9]
Within the Sequence Editor, you can now create Moment functions using the name you set in the text box, rather than having to create and then rename
Added a Preference to edit the boiler plate comment shown at the top of a new Script Resource (or to turn it off if you want)
Added a timeout to debugger connections - so now GMS2 will abort the build and show a "Are you perhaps firewalled?" if the debugger takes too long, rather than waiting indefinitely
File > My Account will now use your default browser, rather than opening a browser workspace tab inside GMS2
Lots of missing translations for 2.3.0 features have now been added, along with the translations for the new stuff in 2.3.1
Added the $ symbol as a new accessor for structs (Which does mean if you have existing code for assigning HEX values to a variable then make sure you haven't wrapped this hex value in []s, as this would cause a compile error now)
Removed some redundant arguments from buffer_get_surface(), so you will need to refactor any code using this function
Bugs Fixed:
AnimCurve Editor: "Delete Curve" tooltip does not support localisation
Asset Browser: Zoom resets to 100% on relaunch
Asset Browser: Keyboard navigation no longer functions after renaming an asset
Asset Browser: Duplicate groups appear on reloading project if group was moved and has an "asset type" name (e.g., the group is called "Sprites")
Asset Browser: test_410... project has linked duplicate folders
Asset Browser: Modifying a filtered tree always re-expands all groups [note the Misc Change above that there is a Preference added for part of this]
Asset Browser: Colour-coded groups will swap colours with other groups with the same name
Asset Browser: Room Manager's Room Order tab does not show any rooms for the 2.3.0 project attached
Asset Browser: Group is duplicated on project load if its name contains a backslash
Bookmarks: [Mac IDE] Adding a bookmark to a script window also types the number into the script
Bookmarks: GMS2 hangs when going to a bookmark after changing projects
Broadcast Messages: Right-clicking the text box for message entry closes window
Building Projects: Compile Error building for UWP YYC
Building Projects: UWP YYC fails to build if using the remote worker
Building Projects: [Mac IDE] Big projects can fail with macOS system error "Too many open files" using current 5.10 version of Mono
Building Projects: [HTML5] Having a group named "HTML5" causes builds to fail
Building Projects: HTML5 and iOS are leaving the "datafiles" subfolder in the export package
Building Projects: [Android] Cannot build projects containing the Google Play Services asset
Building Projects: [Android] android:allowBackup flag is set in the wrong location in AndroidManifest.xml
Building Projects: Calling break; inside a try block will give two compiler errors
Building Projects: XCode 12 doesn't work with 2.3.0 during iOS and tvOS builds
Building Projects: [Mac YYC] The project attached fails to compile due to a complex ternary operator line
Building Projects: [Windows YYC] bug2.3.zip project attached does not compile, gives no error
Building Projects: [macOS YYC] Cannot find provisioning profiles error when using Runtime v23.1.1.181 [actually now requests Xcode to download them automatically if missing]
Building Projects: Empty return statements require a semi-colon, otherwise you get a compile error
Building Projects: [Windows IDE] Ubuntu builds write the GameAssetsLinuz.zip with the wrong filename
Building Projects: [YYC] Referencing a global function inside another constructor/function fails the build
Building Projects: Attached project will not build "Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection."
Building Projects: [HTML5] Passing a function via an object variable definition causes a compile error
Building Projects: "unexpected symbol" errors shown for instances which have list variables that are undefined
Code Editor: MMB on an object variable name no longer opens its Variable Definitions location
Code Editor: Local variables are not correctly coloured when they have the same name as a function
Code Editor: Tabbing a block of text selected via keyboard can miss indenting the last line (differs from Shift+Tab)
Code Editor: Copying a block inside folded brackets only copies the unfolded first line
Code Editor: Autocomplete needs to flag "argument_relative" as obsolete
Code Editor: Folded regions are not preserved on reloading the project
Code Editor: Jumps between collapsed region locations when using scrollbar
Code Editor: Macros using global. cause syntax errors when using that macro in regions elsewhere
Code Editor: "global." is no longer added to code when using autocomplete
Code Editor: variable_struct_remove() is missing from autocomplete
Code Editor: os_is_network_connected() always shows syntax warning for wrong number of arguments
Code Editor: c_grey/c_ltgrey/c_dkgrey are not keywords (only their US English versions work)
Configs: Changing config while config-able windows are open does not refresh these window's values
Configs: Splash screens and icons don't allow per-config setting
Configs: Deleting a config does not remove data from resources with config changes
Configs: Nested configs do not always apply the inherited settings correctly at runtime (instead uses Default's)
Debugger: Watch tab fails to evaluate function arguments
Debugger: Does not show global structs in the variables list
Debugger: Tooltip unable to evaluate "self", anything "self.", and "other"
Debugger: Instances of structs are not being re-evaluated correctly after changes made
Debugger: [Mac IDE] Does not show values of any Watches
Debugger: [Mac IDE] "Unable to compile watch VMsession not ready" messages on running
Device Manger: Android > "Run AVD" button is unresponsive, should be removed
DND Editor: Resizing an action and then adding argument causes action to stop rendering properly
DnD Editor: Get Instance Variable action does not have "in_sequence"
DND Editor: Adding multiple strings to Show Debug Message node causes a compiler error because n is required
DnD Editor: Renaming a script file will erase the contents of the script
Docs Integration: Untranslated tab heading when opening the Manual in a localised language
Extension Editor: Does not create source folder structure, causes Add Source buttons to silently fail
Filewatcher: Dialog appears when editing an Android extension .java file
Filewatcher: Adding a file to an extension triggers the Project Modified popup
Filewatcher: Dialog appears when adding any file into the root folder of the project
Game Options: [German] Android/Amazon's "Orientation" settings are reversed compared to other languages
Game Options: Adding text ending with " into a config's Android inject textfield will stop Game Options > Android opening again
Inspector: Undoing changes to the rotation of a Sequence asset does so in steps, not all at once
Inspector: Clipping Mask's "Mask" and "Subject" are not translated
Inspector: Added a new "Loop Mode" shown when inspecting audio tracks in the Sequence Editor so you can control audio in-game better
Install: Unused NanumGothic font included in GMS2 installation, should remove
Localisation: Multiple unlocalised hardcoded strings in various parts of the IDE
Localisation: New 2.3.0 DND feature strings are unlocalised
Localisation: [French, Spanish] Multiple strings for 2.3.0 Preferences are not displayed correctly
Localisation: [French] Text overlaps in Preferences > Android's keystore labels
Localisation: Unlocalised strings in the Sequence Editor
Localisation: Multiple strings in Preferences do not support localisation
Localisation [All] : Default content for Object's Events and Scripts is unlocalised in all supported languages [note: if you change the IDE language this Preference is not immediately changed also, you have to Reset Defaults in order to get the new language]
Manual Content: window_...() pages fail to load via F1 due to unwanted uppercase i in "The Game Window" URL
Marketplace Integration: Assets containing extensions using proxy files won't import those proxy files
Marketplace Integration: "zeus://purchase?" error on adding free assets to account if Marketplace opened via GMS
Object Editor: Changing any event to a Collision Event will delete the code in that event
Object Editor: "Only referenced once" warning should not show if the variable is mentioned in the Variable Definitions window as an Expression
Object Editor: GMS2 unstable when renaming a variable definition if that object is already an asset variable definition in a different object
Preferences: "String not found" showing in Code Editor's Struct Members label
Preferences: Possible to untick auto-logout even when using settings override file for Education users
Preferences: Resetting the content for Object's Events and Scripts using the Reset Defaults button would reset it to empty
Project Import: MMH2 project causes the IDE to go unstable
Project Import: Bus... fails to convert in 2.3.0 and 2.3.1 Beta 1
Project Import: Converting the project attached when a sequence editor is open breaks the layout
Project Import: Asset Browser sort should default to Custom when converting 2.2.5 projects
Project Import: Converting the attached 1.4 project removes a bracket and so creates a compile error
Project Import: Projects fail to convert from 2.2.5 to 2.3 due to "An item with the same key has already been added"
Project Import: Spine sprites from 2.2.5 projects set collision mask to 0,0,0,0
Project Import: Inheritance of instance creation code is not preserved after conversion from 2.2.5
Project Import: TestForYoYo shows multiple "Blank IdReference found - could be that the project is corrupt" yet still loads and builds
Project Import: 789AN project gets stuck during convert from 2.2.5
Project Import: GMS2 unstable when importing project with Spine assets
Project Import: GMS2 stuck Importing if you Add Existing from a project with a damaged .yyp, needs to gracefully fail
Project Import: Attached project does not open in 2.3.1 Beta, error in YoYoStudio.Resources.ResourceBase.PostDeserialise
Project Import: St...51020 project fails to convert
Project Import: GMS2 crashes in System.Threading.Tasks.Task.ThrowIfExceptional loading attached projects
Project Load: The active config is reset to Default each time when reloading projects
Project Load: GMS2 crashes when opening project Wan... - "Error setting value to 'inheritLayers' on 'YoYoStudio.Resources.GMRoom'."
Project Load: Rich... gets stuck at about 80% loaded
Project Load: GMS2 crashes with "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" loading attached project
Project Load: Failing to convert a 2.2.5 project results in GMS2 not loading further projects correctly until IDE restarted
Project Load: Mischief... fails to load in 2.3.0 and 2.3.1 Beta 1
Project Load: Pong... does not show anything in the asset browser and GMS2 becomes unstable shortly after
Project Save: GMS2 unstable when adding "texturegroup-able items" in the tutorial project attached
Project Save: Cannot create sprites/fonts/tilesets in tutorial projects, GMS2 can also go unstable
Project Save: Included Files in subfolders are listed repeatedly in the project file
Project Save: Game Options writes absolute paths for .nmeta files [further fix]
Project Save: GMS2 unstable when adding a new audio or texture group in Spirit...
Room Editor: Text listing layer properties can become scrambled after adding asset
Room Editor: Cannot delete a selection of tiles using only the Backspace key
Room Editor: Painting an asset that has an origin set to the bottom will add 2 at a time
Room Editor: Wrong sprite frame is shown after importing a project with sprites set to 0 FPS in the room
Room Editor: Child room instances' Inherit button becomes unusable after reloading the project
Room Editor: Instance creation code is not inherited when creating child rooms
Room Editor: "Convert Image to Tilemap" tool is broken in 2.3.0
Room Editor: Resetting an instance variable override doesn't immediately mark the project as changed
Room Editor: Painting tiles does not mark the project as changed, so the new tiles don't appear in-game unless other changes made
Room Editor: Animation Speed in the background layer is not taken into consideration
Room Editor: Renaming an instance will cause its creation code to be wiped
Sequence Editor: Canvas RMB context menu for objects "Open Editor..." does not work
Sequence Editor: Cannot set Image Speed track to be a decimal value
Sequence Editor: Unable to select multiple resources via the track panel
Sequence Editor: Need to add the missing keyboard shortcuts for the canvas
Sequence Editor: Previously zoomed-in editors reopened when reloading a project thereafter zoom "reversed"
Sequence Editor: Record key actions in the drop-down menu are unresponsive
Sequence Editor: "At frame" field in the Moment Editor does not move the moment if you edit the value
Sequence Editor: Any interaction/change to a track should pause previewing the sequence
Sequence Editor: It is not possible to copy an Animation Curve from one track to another
Sequence Editor: French and German text is cut off in the Canvas Gizmo menu
Sequence Editor: Some event name labels are cut off in the Events Window for all supported languages except English
Sequence Editor: GMS2 crashes when deleting a clipping mask which is in a group
Sequence Editor: GMS2 unstable when adding clipping masks to group and then Ctrl+Z
Sequence Editor: French text is still cut off in the Canvas Gizmo menu
Sequence Editor: 'Export embedded anim curve' doesn't expose the new curve in the Asset Browser
Sequence Editor: Alt+Click to select a track in Dope Sheet only select its keys when track expanded
Sequence Editor: It is possible to change an external anim curve that has been associated to a parameter and make it invalid
Sequence Editor: During playback audio tracks will play more frequently than expected
Sprite Editor: Dropping an image in the frame view of a sprite does not append the sprite as a new frame but replaces all frames
Sprite Editor: Automatic collision mask does not update when image is resized from the image editor
Texture Groups: Texture preview pages are not being generated in the projects attached
Texture Groups: Sprites are not immediately removed from texture groups when deleted in Asset Browser
Texture Groups: Texture Group parents are not maintained when in Default configuration
Tutorial UI/UX: GMS2 unstable when reloading the tutorial window in the project attached
Tutorial UI/UX: Exporting and reimporting a tutorial breaks the tutorial window
UI/UX: Cannot use right-click menu to rename workspace tabs
UI/UX: File > My Account still spawns an IDE browser workspace, should use external browser
UI/UX: [Spanish] Collision Mask option boxes do not fit in the Sprite Editor
Workspaces: Dropping external asset .yy files onto the IDE does not immediately open the newly-imported asset for editing

New in GameMaker Studio 2.3.0 Build 529 (Aug 18, 2020)

New in GameMaker Studio 2.2.5 Build 481 (Dec 18, 2019)

New in GameMaker Studio 2.2.4 Build 474 (Oct 30, 2019)

New in GameMaker Studio 2.2.4 Build 458 (Oct 8, 2019)

Updated Licensing to Remove GPU Checks:
Some customers had issues where dual-GPUs in their machines meant moving the IDE between displays or toggling power-saving modes could cause their licence to be invalidated
This GPU check has been removed, but now everyone needs to refresh their licence the first time they run 2.2.4 - please remember you will need an internet connection to achieve this
Note, if you're using 2.2.4 on the same machine as 2.2.3 or older (e.g., you have a Steam install and a standalone), then be aware you will be asked to log-in again each time you start the IDE
Changed the "clean" button to confirm if you need elevated permissions in order to clean files in your build folder (e.g., Apple Sign-In information) and then prompt you on the Mac if required
Changed behaviour around saving empty code files
Code files are now only created on disk if there is actually something to save when the editor is closed the first time after creating the resource
Now, if you create a new Script/Event/Shader/Instance Creation Code/Room Creation Code/Timeline moment/Note and then close the Code Editor without typing anything, no empty file will be created
Stops redundant file watcher notifications that your project has changed on disk
Extra Name Verification For Included Files;
Building for Apple platforms and Android/Amazon, you will now get an error if you try to export an Included File which has a name starting with a number
These device OSes do not allow filenames starting with a number, so this stops you wondering why the file can't be found in-game later on
Until you fix the incorrect filename or disable the Included File from being exported into your package, you will see this error each time
Removed redundant in-game analytics checkbox in Game Options
The runner no longer requests analytics information when players run games, following the previous de-activation of the server, so this redundant checkbox has now been removed
Extended HTML5 Browser Launch Settings
Added Preferences for you to specify the default webserver URLs and port
Added Device Manager support to pass command line arguments to the browser (e.g., start with the dev tools open)
Misc:
General: Changed GPU memory allocation for editor windows, which should result in better performance when moving between workspaces and/or running GMS2 for a while
General: Fixed Help > Release Notes / Runtime Release notes link to be https versions, not http, to avoid issues where some users could not see the contents of the notes
General: Fixed those above two links to send you to the correct versions of the notes if you're currently using a beta release without actually having opted-in
Build Windows: Fixed Windows VM Steam builds to use the correct Steamworks dll version from your Steamworks install folder (YYC was fine)
Code Editor: Fixed that custom snippets were only appended to the defaults, they couldn't replace a default - snippets will now override if a duplicate keybinding is found
Compiling: Fixed on some platforms the build timer didn't stop at the end of the build, instead it kept going until the game was also closed
Compiling: Fixed an issue where changing the creation order of instances in the Room Editor could make double-clicking compiler errors open the wrong instance's code
Compiling: Added a Compiler Error for the "Missing or corrupt build tools" message to better highlight this installation issue - some users were missing this in their compiler log because they only read the last line
Device Manager: iOS/tvOS "Detect Devices" now returns all physical devices of that type currently connected to the Mac, rather than just the first one found
Extension Editor: Fixed an issue with newline characters in Gradle injection text boxes could cause Android builds to fail in the Mac IDE
Game Options: Added support for specifying a game description value for UWP packages
Game Options: Added support for specifying an Amazon TV banner image and have this packaged correctly in-game
Game Options: Added support for injecting text into the Android "application tag" during builds (this allows you to set android:usesCleartextTraffic="true", which some extensions need for allowing http traffic in Android API 28+)
Game Options: Removed checkboxes to enable Google Play Services and Google Play Licensing on Android. These have worked for a few releases simply via the extension being in the project or not, and so the checkbox was misleading
Importing Projects (1.x): Fixed an issue where the "type" of instance creation code wasn't being set automatically, leading code to be missing in the IDE unless you fixed the .yy manually
Room Editor: Fixed an issue where two room's Layer Properties windows could be drawn at the same time if both rooms were open and had layers of the same name selected
Room Editor: Fixed a couple of issues where the visibility of layers in a group was not being passed correctly to the game if the group folder/parent was set as invisible
Note: In the room editor you need the parent/folder set as visible in order to have any child set as visible, and you then turn off visibility for any child layers you don't want to show
Sound Editor: Fixed that imports of 1.4 projects were not setting the new sound to the correct bitrate value
Source Control: Double clicking on a file will now start the diff tool defined in
Preferences:
UI: Fixed a 2.2.3 issue with Mac IDE keybindings when there were multiple bindings for the one action, so all keybindings now work again (e.g., Cmd+Y and Cmd+Shift+Z to redo actions)

New in GameMaker Studio 2.2.3 Build 433 (Jul 4, 2019)

Fixed Windows IDE "deadlock" issue:
Fixed 0030271, which fixes a number of issues, including Windows Explorer dialogs not appearing for New/Open/Import, the manual/Marketplace/My Account just showing a white panel, and starting/stopping builds causing the IDE to hang.
Fixed various causes of startup crashes
The same Deadlock change also fixed a number of the reported startup crashes in 0030245
Fixed a crash with GMS2 not automatically applying the software renderer on startup if using unsuitable OpenGL versions, WARP drivers, or using GMS2 over RDP on recent versions of Win 10
Fixed a crash if you're connecting to our servers via a VPN which gives an "Unsupported region" error (you will still need to resolve the VPN issue yourself to make licensing work)
Fixed a Mac IDE crash if you're using a machine which has no audio devices at all
Stopped the Mac IDE's startup folder-checker from performing its checks on the first run of the IDE after installing/updating - stops a warning that a /tmp/ folder doesn't have suitable permissions, as this is actually correct and not an issue
If you still have Windows/macOS file-permission issues which stop GMS2 from starting on your machine, see this FAQ for how to configure your permissions or protection software
New crash-reporting system:
Hopefully, you'll never see it, but we have added a new tool to intercept startup crashes and show a new one-click bug reporting dialog, which makes things a lot easier for you and us!
Replaces the "send us your ui.log" dialog and no longer requires you to report this as a ticket to the Helpdesk
Better communication of your licence expiry dates:
Added new functionality to highlight when a licence is going to expire within the next 30 days, so you stay better informed
If a licence does expire before it is renewed/replaced, then GMS2 will now say this clearly when you next attempt to start up
If you are not on a Trial licence, then the popup reminders for this can be turned off in Preferences > General Settings > "Enable notifications"
Mac IDE build tools updated:
Fixes certificate trust issues some users saw in previous versions - unless, of course, you have actually manually changed your trust settings and need to fix!
If you're still getting this issue, see "macOS Keychain Certificates" section of the file-permissions FAQ linked-to above
Worked around the version of Visual Studio 2019 For Mac installs having a broken certificate-checker and causing errors when trying to compile projects in GMS2, so now it doesn't matter if you have VS2019 installed on your Mac or not
Worked around the change in Catalina betas (or if you had installed Apple's broken Xcode command line tools update from June 3rd on Mojave) which causes startup crashes about system font errors
Comments support for DnD projects:
Added a new system of creating inline comments for your DnD scripts, allowing you to fully comment your code
Comments expand to fit their contents, can be moved around by dragging them, and collapsing the node collapses the comment also
Ability to export assets as local packages:
The Tools section of the menubar now has commands for creating/importing local asset packages, so you no longer "need" to use the Marketplace to pass assets between team members
Works very much like the existing Marketplace create assets dialog and allows you to specify whether your package should be signed or not
Also added new functionality when importing any .yymp file that if resources of the same names are already in the project GMS2 will show a keep/replace dialog listing all applicable resources
Ability to turn off the file-system sandbox on desktop OSes
Added Game Options into Windows/macOS/Ubuntu for disabling the file-system sandbox restrictions, so you can save/load files from anywhere not protected by the OS/other security software
Note: Requires 2.2.3+ runtime also.
Ability to turn off using subst'ed drives when building for some platforms
Preferences > General Settings > Compiling now has a new setting "Use subst for drive paths" - disabling this will stop GMS2 mounting temp build folders as extra drives
Note: Has no effect on building for Android, as Google's SDK files fall foul of this, so without this on you likely couldn't build Android on Windows
Note: Has no effect on runtime downloads/installs either, so if your machine simply doesn't allow subst to run, this option won't stop you needing to resolve that before GMS2 can work properly
Note: Requires 2.2.3+ runtime also.
Validation of group names in the resource tree
All code and resource names have to be in Latin/Roman characters, but this was not applied properly to group names. Now that GMS2 allows exporting and importing local packages, this issue has been highlighted.
Now, group names are validated properly when you try to rename them.
Note: You should rename any non-Latin group names before trying to export any local/Marketplace packages, as the package will not be zipped properly
Misc:
Custom Skins: All layout files in custom skins are now ignored, as these are unwanted anyway - stops issues seen in 2.2.2 with custom skins causing some editors to not appear properly
Search & Replace: Changed the dialog so it doesn't select all the text to search for when the window is opened
Room Editor: Fixed copy/pasting an instance to now keep the frame and image speed values you had set
Room Editor: Fixed renaming a room when an instance inside that room has its creation code open would lose the code
Room Editor: Changed the Instance Layer Properties window's instance cut/copy/paste/delete routine to reduce the amount of work done - particularly noticeable when there are thousands of instances in the room
Room Editor: Fixed cutting tiles when any instance is also selected will silently delete that instance
Preferences: Fixed resetting Text Editor > Code Editor > "Document line limit" to being -1 uncaps your limit, not restrict you from editing code files
Preferences: Fixed needing to restart GMS2 after setting your Android/Amazon settings before Game Options can properly detect yor SDK installation
Preferences: Added a setting for controlling the default sprite animation speed used in the Sprite Editor
Sprite Editor: Fixed importing multiple sprites of different size to show the resize choice dialog, same as if you had added them via the Image Editor
Sprite Editor: Will now by default apply scaling to "custom origin" values also, so the origin location always remains consistent for the new sprite size - Preference added to control this
Code Editor: Fixed Enum colouring so the colouring still works properly if everything is declared on one line
Code Editor: Fixed Syntax warnings for unused macros so they are now removed when you delete the macro line
Resource Tree: Fixed a bug where stale views for Included Files were being left when the resources were removed, so reloading the project showed a missing files dialog
General: Added the default context menu to all text fields in the IDE
General: Added support for Shift+Insert, Shift+Delete, and Ctrl+Insert to all text fields/editors in the IDE
General: Fixed some missing Mac IDE strings for things new in 2.2.2
General: Fixed support for higher-than-60hz refresh rate monitors in the IDE - added a Preference for setting the maximum refresh rate (defaults to 60)
Importing Projects: Fixed an issue with the project import repair tool so it correctly handles an issue with user views which could cause an "Unable to find rooms" error when compiling
Image Editor: Changed the sprite controls overlay to be collapsed by default, added a Preference for controlling this
DnD Editor: Changed camera focus on nodes to not centre the node (so you can see more of the chain) and also to be consistent whether you drag or double-click the toolbox button
Compiler: Fixed issues building for Mac/iOS if your project name contains an &
Output Window: Fixed issues with the panel not scrolling properly to match the actual end of the log
Bugs:
See the bug database's Change Log for the list of public issues fixed in this version
Known Issues can be found on the bug database also - for the current IDE headline list see this page

New in GameMaker Studio 2.2.2 Build 413 (Mar 26, 2019)

Startup Sequence File and Folder Checker:
Added a new dialog which will advise required files/folders which fail to be found or GMS2 is unable to access
This will guide you to fix system issues which GMS2 would previously have tried to work around, but often could not, saving from you having to send us a Helpdesk ticket to ask
Advises if the issue is safe (but you might want to investigate your computer setup) or if it requires GMS2 to safely shutdown immediately (in which case, definitely investigate)
If you see this dialog often and you have antivirus/anti-malware, etc., try pausing these and see if it fixes, then add exclusions to your protection software
Similarly, we now show a dialog when a tutorial fails to download or extract properly because of file permissions
Spine Support Updated to v3.7:
More of a runtime change, so see those release notes for proper info (and the guide linked-to in the heading above), but the IDE now imports sprites exported using Spine 3.7
Fixed issues where importing new Spine sprites to replace existing data didn't clear the old files from your project folder
Font Editor / Font Support Update:
Fixed being able to type characters in the Add Range textbox and have the IDE determine the range automatically
Changed Freetype from 2.8 to 2.9.1 to fix various issues with specific fonts and how they rendered
Added a new Preview window so you can see your generated font inside the font editor
Added a new Generate button to refresh a font if it is updated outside GMS2 (also used for refreshing the Preview window)
Added support for detecting fonts installed to Windows's registry via some third-party applications
Added Help > Refresh System Fonts to rescan the installed fonts on Windows and macOS on-demand
Added support for not automatically regenerating a font if it comes from a 1.4 project, and you also cannot regenerate a font which is not actually installed - both of which stop unwanted font changes
Note that these font changes require you to use a 2.2.2+ runtime also, otherwise your fonts may not generate or appear in-game as you expected!
Code Editor - Extended Syntax Checking:
Added checks for single-use variables (such as typos or unused variables) - shows a warning message for these issues, but won't stop your project from compiling
These appear in the code edtor's gutter using a yellow warning triangle icon, so they stand out more from normal errors
Preferences > Languages > GML > "Enable variable reference warnings" can turn the new feature on/off
Also added a limit on the number of syntax errors which are calculated/shown at once and made the syntax checker use more CPU cores, so performance is much better now
You can adjust the number of errors to be shown by editing Preferences > Languages > GML > "Maximum number of Syntax Errors to display"
Code Editor - Better Custom Code Snippets Support:
Added support for you to create your own custom "snippets.txt" code definitions in %ProgramData%GameMakerStudio2Users (Windows) and /Users/Shared/GameMakerStudio2/Users/ (macOS)
The code editor will then load your snippets after the default ones and append them onto the list shown in the code editor
This folder is not modified during an update to GMS2, so your changes will remain
Search the manual for "snippets" or see the guide linked-to in the heading above for more info
Room Editor - Edit Starting Sprite Values:
Instances and assets now show fields for the initial sprite frame and animation speed, and these are now editable per-instance
This means you can now set different starting sprites for instances of the same object/sprite and see this at design time
DPI Safety Net Dialog
On detecting a very high DPI override value during startup, the IDE will now show a "Is this DPI okay for you?" prompt and a suggested value to use instead
This allows you to quickly fix unwanted/incorrect changes and revert to a safe setting
Misc:
Debugger: Fixed an issue with the debugger windows not appearing if you had previously saved the layout when the debugger was on an additional monitor which is no longer connected
Debugger: Fixed issues with code files not opening in the correct locations, and in some cases not opening at all, when hitting breakpoints
Game Options: Added splash screens for iPhone XR and XS - note that this requires you to use a 2.2.2+ runtime also!
Game Options: Fixed the setting of a number of splash screens when importing old projects
Game Options: Changed default NSIS script for Windows to only uninstall files created by the installer - note that this can make the uninstaller much slower if many user-generated files are detected
Game Options: Fixed HTML5's option include the default particle images or not, so it now works as expected
General: Fixed a number of project-saving and stability issues with the project-repair tool, especially if you had created groups with the same names in different places in the tree or have called items "default"
General: Fixed an issue with the project repair tool not always automatically saving the fix, and so immediately trying to run the game resulted in complaint dialogs about missing resources which the IDE could see fine
General: Fixed an issue where GMS2 could crash when you drag something which isn't a valid GMS2 file over the top of the IDE
General: (Mac IDE) Fixed closing the IDE whilst on the start page on macOS would occasionally crash and show the OS dialog for reporting to Apple
General: Changed the URLs the IDE uses to check if you have a working internet connection to all use https, as some users' systems are giving errors when using http
Marketplace: Changed the package export/import processes to create a temporary drive, which fixes issues where extensions in the asset have really long file paths
Note: This long filepaths issue affects the updated Google Play Licensing and APK Expansion extensions, so you need to use the 2.2.2 IDE to import these
My Library: Fixed an issue with private assets not appearing if you had two versions of the asset and only one was private
Object Editor: Added an "Are you sure?" prompt when deleting an event for any reason (including a Cut)
Resource Tree: Stopped allowing multiple child folders with the same name (you now get a dialog saying to rename one of the folders)
Resource Tree: Fixed an issue where reordering items could sometimes break them out of their resource type and add them to the very bottom of the tree
Workspaces: Fixed an issue where you could accidentally close the last workspace tab for the project, breaking your project's layout file if you saved whilst in this state
Tutorials: Fixed GMS2 locking-up when clicking the Explorer/Finder links to the resources folder on disk when following any tutorial
Source Control: Fixed GMS2 crash "Collection was modified; enumeration operation may not execute." when creating a repository
Device Manager: Fixed a "GMS2 unstable" when repeatedly viewing the iOS devices list
Room Editor: Fixed applying an instance's sprite's origin offset to the grid snap when you drag a multi-selection around your room
Compiling: Fixed issues with Included Files still being exported to platforms the file had been excluded for in child Configurations
Compiling: Fixed building projects for Ubuntu YYC when your code editor has characters from the extended ASCII range
Bugs:
See the bug database's Change Log for the list of public issues fixed in this version
Known Issues can be found on the bug database also - for the current IDE headline list see this page

New in GameMaker Studio 2.2.1 Build 375 (Dec 6, 2018)

Release Notes:
Beta Channel:
Added a new Preference to opt-in to the beta release programme
For more info, see this FAQ
Updated macOS IDE's Mono version:
The installer will now try to download and use v5.10.1.57 - if you have to install Mono manually, please install this version first
Fixes a number of issues with building large projects in the Mac IDE - please note that we are aware these large projects currently build very slowly using the Mac IDE
Also stops Mojave warnings that GMS2 is not optimised for Mojave and/or uses old components
Note: Asset compiler errors are no longer shown as a dialog, now an .saencryptedreport file is written to a location specified in your Output Window - attach this to a Helpdesk ticket instead
Systems for avoiding project-saving issues:
Changed the way saving is done, so we now save to a temporary location, then attempt to modify/remove the old files (a few times, if required), only throwing an error if the files continue to be locked externally
Note: Reduces likelihood of issues for users who have agressive antivirus/anti-malware software or still continue to use OneDrive/Dropbox/Google, etc., folders for working on their projects
Note: Also means if saving does fail it will only be the temp new files which are affected and your originals are still there, with the recent changes still in memory, so you can try saving again
Fixed a number of project-saving and stability issues with the resource tree, especially if you had created custom tree views in your projects
Added a new system to detect projects which have been corrupted by this issue and GMS2 will now offer to fix the project for you during a project load
Note: We would suggest choosing "No", then immediately closing GMS2 and taking a backup of the project first, then load the project again and say "Yes"
Added extra logging into ui.log for when your machine has access permissions issues with GMS2's files/folders or if tools have been lost from your GMS2 installation
Android Adaptive Icons Support:
Added Game Options > Android > Adaptive Icons for generating new icons or importing existing ones
Use the foreground/background pickers and the Generate button at the top of the page to create icons and view them in the mask preview area
Scroll down the page if you want to import existing icons instead, then they will appear in the mask preview area too
Note that this feature requires you to be using a 2.2.1+ runtime also, otherwise the icons won't end up in your .apk
Fixes for Ctrl+Shift+F:
Fixed a variety of bugs with this tool
Added the ability to select text in output windows, the debugger, etc., and Ctrl+Shift+F will use this string
Fixed Ctrl+F so it moves the cursor to the first match after the current caret location, not the first match in the file
Misc:
Preferences: Added new Workspace background stretch mode - Screen Stretch. Resizing left/right docks won't cause your wallpaper to move also. Is now the default if you have not set this Preference previously
Game Options: Changed Main > Game Speed to default to 60fps in new projects, not 30
Game Options: Removed the checkbox for MOGA Gamepads from Android, as this is no longer relevant in 2.2.1+ runtimes, as we have changed the gamepad integration
Game Options: Added a checkbox into iOS > Social for whether you want Push Notification support included in your game or not
Game Options: Added a checkbox into iOS to control whether you want the iPhone X home bar to require a double-tap to wake, rather than a single-tap
Game Options: Removed the architectures for MIPS and ARMv5 from Android, as these are no longer supported by Google in their current build tools
Object Editor: Can now press Delete on an event to remove it
Object Editor: Fixed an issue with some inherited instance variable values not being shown correctly when in the room editor
Code Editor: Added new DnD nodes for "Get Draw Font" and "Get Text Alignment"
Resource Tree: Fixed an issue which could cause the tree to be locked in "reorder mode" when clicking off a resource to confirm a rename
Resource Tree: Fixed an issue where cloning the Default view would leave the resource tree blank
Bugs:
There are a lot of bugs fixed in the IDE and the runner for this release, so we would strongly recommend you check the change log pages and be aware of anything which applies to your project(s)
See the bug database's Change Log for the list of public issues fixed in this version
Known Issues can be found on the bug database also - for the current IDE headline list see this page

New in GameMaker Studio 2.2.0 Build 343 (Oct 3, 2018)

Switch Changes:
See this FAQ for a summary of the changes from 2.1.5 to 2.2.0.
Note: This link will only work if you have the Switch license!
Logout-on-Shutdown System:
Added a new Preference to automatically log users out when closing GMS2.
Note that this is off by default, as it's really only intended for educational users who want extra clean-up to happen between sessions - for most people, unticking "Remember Me" on the login dialog will do the trick.
See this FAQ for more information.
Android Build System Changes:
We've changed the Android NDK build process to fix issues building YYC on API 23 devices when using a newer version of the NDK, such as 17c or higher.
This change also fixes the issue users were seeing with the error "Unable to find library for armv7l".
NOTE: This change also raises the minimum API level you must set in game options to 16 (up from 9).
Misc IDE Fixes:
Fixed the runtime installation process so it uses fewer temporary drive mappings, which should stop "Z:manifest" errors.
Note: If your Windows user is not allowed to use subst due to permission/policy restrictions you will always need to resolve this yourself before attempting to install/update.
Fixed issues where projects got an asset compiler error and couldn't build because a resource had no audiogroup or texturegroup set.
Fixed the macOS Finder dialog so it now adds the correct file extension onto the filename chosen when exporting files from the Mac IDE.
Fixed an IDE crash in the DnD Editor if you tried to drag a Else node onto a If node inside that Else block.
Fixed an issue where for some users with corrupt installations the sound editor would not open when opening or creating sound resources.
Note: The change here is to simply allow the sound editor to open - you still won't be able to play the sound, and instead you will get a dialog informing of the corrupt install.
Bugs:
See the bug database's Change Log for the list of public issues fixed in this version.
Known Issues can be found on the bug database also - for the current IDE headline list see this page.

New in GameMaker Studio 2.2.0 Build 341 (Oct 2, 2018)

New in GameMaker Studio 2.1.5 Build 322 (Aug 3, 2018)

Please note that whilst not mandatory, 2.1.5 is highly recommended. We have changed the licensing server to better protect against DDoS attacks and made several fixes to offline usage (especially for our Mac IDE users). If you get "license is invalid" the first run after updating - please just login again once to fix.
As well as a large number of fixes to the IDE and runtimes, we've added in this version:
Support for building to Android 64bit architectures
Collision functions which return a list of all colliders, not just the first
New collision type for sprites: Non-axis-aligned bounding box
Virtual keyboard functions for iOS, Android, and UWP
Startup / Offline / Licensing Fixes:
Fix for Mac IDE requiring you to relicense when changing network
Fix for being asked to get a new licence too often in cases of accounts.yoyogames.com being unreachable
Fix for incorrectly checking licence expiration dates in some cases
Fix for crash when unable to download carousel images on the start page
Fix for crash when accounts.yoyogames.com returns invalid runtime rss information
Changed the "Unable to log - no network connection" message to be more accurate and avoid confusion in the case of accounts.yoyogames.com being offline
New collision type for sprites:
Sprite Editor: Added support for a non-axis-aligned bounding box mask type
Preference: Added option to set the default collision shape when creating new sprites
Spine Agreement:
A Spine agreement is now shown before you can build projects which contain Spine
Note: This agreement is shown per-project so that teams/contractors can accept with one click
Android:
Game Options: Added controls for building 64bit architectures
Game Options: Added control for adding Google Cloud Sync support into your Android manifest, used in the Google Play Services extension
Misc IDE Changes:
Saving: Fixed an issue with object variable strings containing "n" which meant projects from 2.1.3 "lost" rooms when imported to 2.1.4
Saving: Fixed a saving issue with external tools locking files which meant object event code could appear in the next project you opened that IDE session if that project had an object with the same name
Saving: Fixed events "losing" code when the object name is changed or the object is duplicated when a save is already pending and then the object is locked by an external process
Note: Another reminder that we do not recommend working with your project source saved in Dropbox/OneDrive/Google Drive, etc., folders!
Saving: Fixed the check for when to warn about iOS icon changes being required in your project so it no longer warns unneccesarily
Code Editor: Fixed autocomplete window being offset if autocompleting an enum on a long line of code
DnD Editor: Fixed not being able to Cut/Copy/Paste nodes using keyboard shortcuts when using the macOS IDE
Image Editor: Fixed the "Convert to Frames" dialog opening up too small when using the macOS IDE
Object Editor: Fixed event names showing a unwanted '-' if the Object is opened in the Workspace and that event is empty
Object Editor: Changed opening events to require double-clicks - fixes issues with single-click to select the event changing focus to the script and causing event copy/paste/delete workflow problems
Workspaces: Fixed Middle Mouse Button scrolling the workspace at the same time as a code window if you happened to click on a scroll bar
Resource Tree: Fixed/changed the highlight around text during a rename in the dark skin to improve clarity
Resource Tree: Fixed duplicating a resource whilst at the Trial license limit crashes the IDE rather than showing a warning
Resource Tree: Fixed "Add Existing" and then picking a resource from same project causes fatal error
Resource Tree: Fixed how GMS2 calls Finder so Finder now shows results when doing "Add Existing"
Room Editor: Fixed rectangle selection of rotated items to stop instances outside the rectangle being selected
Room Editor: Fixed the loading of room inheritance settings if you reload the project
Room Editor: Fixed a crash when copy/pasting multi-select objects across multiple layers
Room Editor: Fixed issue which causes rooms to reopen at massively offset co-ordinates (usually approx -20k, -20k) after reloading project
Note: If you have this room offset issue in a project already it will still load like this - just fix the position once and then save the project
Room Editor: Changed Room width and height fileds so they can no longer be set to 0, as this just causes D3D errors during builds
Preferences: Fixed "Delete old runtimes" to now delete everything other than the currently-used runtime and the runtime the IDE shipped with (if these differ)
Search & Replace: Fixed to check instance creation code for instances on sub-layers
Search & Replace: Fixed "Replace" to now replace the text in comments as well
Localisation: [French] Fixed "Mouse Down" and "Mouse Pressed" event localisation texts and so they now differ
Localisation: [German] Fixed Finder dialogs not being in German
Font Editor: Fixed the preview and range windows to use the font's "Style" value, so text will now appear bold/italic, etc.
Sound Editor: Fixed only getting white noise when playing a high-quality .ogg
Sound Editor: Fixed sounds under a second long not playing completely in preview unless you turn on looping
Bugs:
See the bug database's Change Log for the list of public issues fixed in this version
Known Issues can be found on the bug database also - for the current IDE headline list see this page
Not a bug, but be aware all download links for 2.1.3 and older have now been removed from this page, as 2.1.4 is mandatory

New in GameMaker Studio 2.1.4 Build 295 (Jun 4, 2018)

New in GameMaker Studio 2.1.4 Build 288 (Apr 11, 2018)

Hotfix v288+:
Fixed a keyboard input crash when using Chinese or Japanese keyboard layouts
Fixed instance variables overriding parent values properly
Fixed changing an instance variable to a Boolean and then running game makes GMS2 unstable if you don't edit the Boolean tickbox first
French, German and Spanish Language Support:
Choose which language you would like to use during the installer, this choice will carry through into the IDE and the corresponding manual will be downloaded during the first run of the IDE
If you want to change your language after install this is still possible via 'Preferences -> General Settings'
User login performance/stability fixes:
The initial startup sequence for network connectivity checks and user-login has been improved, so you should no longer see long stalls during startup.
However, if you are still having issues please contact the Helpdesk for further support
Resource Tree improvements:
Resource reordering is now easier and clearer to understand, thanks to a new visual indicator as you drag resources in the tree
Further optimisations have been made for all tree views to improve the performance of the IDE when editing large projects
Per-configuration #macro support:
Added the ability to override macro definitions in different configs using the syntax #macro CONFIGNAME:MACRONAME
E.g, #macro MOVESPEED 10 could be overidden on the next line by #macro WINDOWS:MOVESPEED 12 or #macro GOOGLE:MOVESPEED 6
Misc IDE Changes:
Android Options > 'Build Settings' now has a drop-down which populates with your current Android SDK installation information
Added support for additional iOS splash screens for iPhones SE, 7, 8 and X
Known Issues:
It should be fixed now, but if you still get Windows Defender giving false-positives and blocking runtime downloads in 2.1.4+, please tell the Helpdesk
Explorer file dialogs can sometimes fail to open. This is a Windows 10 Creators Update issue and has been seen failing in other applications
Runtime download/activation has been seen to crash the IDE occasionally during subsequent startup
Dead instances of Window's RuntimeBroker application can block attempts to use the manual in the IDE - just get a white page

New in GameMaker Studio 2.1.4 Build 285 (Apr 4, 2018)

New in GameMaker Studio 2.1.3 Build 273 (Dec 15, 2017)

In this release, along with lots of bug fixes, the object editor has gained a new section for defining the object's variables as well as showing inherited parent events in the Events window. We have also brought GMS2 in line with new/upcoming Mac and iOS submission requirements - please note, iOS project icons will have to be updated to match the new sizes.
Hotfix (v272+):
Fixed instance variables which override defaults not overriding if you also have instance creation code
Fixed editing the variable list for an object at the same time as editing variables for an instance of that object caused the instance's variables to override incorrectly
Fixed the object window to allow using macros and enums without this resulting in a compiler error
Fixed the manual saying that variables added via the new object variables system used 32bit doubles instead of the normal 64bit
Fixed base64_decode() affecting chr() and causing HTML5 games to fail to load if you used this function
Object Variables:
The object editor now has a new 'Variables' section
This editor allows you to define variables and their default values, and these will be automatically set upon creation
These default values can then be overridden for specific instances by opening the same variables window when in the room editor
Inherited Parent Events:
The object editor's Events list now shows "ghosted" events inherited from a parent object
This makes it easy to view all events available to an object in one place
You can quickly open, inherit or override a parent event via its right-click context menu
Amazon Fire:
Fixed an issue where some users got "Unable to obtain permission to execute" when running projects
Fixed Device Manager's Test Connection button appeared to do nothing if you had the above issue
iOS:
Added support for required new iOS icons, fixes game submission fails
NOTE: You will be prompted (once) on opening an out-of-date project to update its iOS images
Fixed an issue which meant Push Notification support was always being included in builds
Ubuntu and Mac 64bit games:
Ubuntu support has now shifted to 64bit, rather than 32bit
NOTE: You need to clean your project cache for Ubuntu if you get an error about already being connected when trying to build
Mac now includes 64bit and 32bit binaries in its packages in order to comply with submission requirements, so builds will take a little longer now
Misc IDE Changes:
Code Editor: Now uses "standard" text editor behaviour for home/end keys
Debugger: Graph now shows more accurate fps_real values rather than a mean of a few frames
Preferences: Android/Amazon keystore Import, Generate, and Show Hash buttons will show the output Window so you can see messages
Resource Tree: Optimisations to speed up the IDE when large projects are open
Target Manager: Currently-selected target is saved per-project when you close your projects
Fixed Bugs:
0027455: Extension Editor: Removing proxy files with matching name can cause extension files to be deleted
0027991: Code Editor: Multi select gets removed if you backspace more than once
0028186: Code Editor: display_set_gui_maximise() should allow support for the US equivalent display_set_gui_maximize()
0025608: Code Editor: Reopening projects with open code editors, not all of the code is coloured correctly until editor is focused
0027983: Code Editor: Autocomplete suggests previously used incomplete variable
0027980: Code Editor: Unstable error if you do a replace whilst selection only is enabled, delete some text then type in the search field
0028034: Sound Editor: Short sounds are not played completely in preview
0028216: DnD Editor: Missing a context menu entry for Expand All
0026596: DnD Editor: Live Preview doesn't get focused if already open and contents have changed
0028192: DnD Editor: Context menu is missing the entries for Go To Object and Add/Open Event
0028197: DnD Editor: Context menu is missing keyboard shortcuts
0028196: DnD Editor: Can't Cut/Copy/Paste using keyboard shortcuts using macOS IDE
0028150: Image Editor: Shift selecting frames can cause Shift key to become locked
0028114: Image Editor: Blend Mode 'Multiply' will not use destination alpha
0027385: Image Editor: Dropping any non-image file on top of an open Image Editor gives incorrect prompt
0028093: Tile Set Editor: Changing 'Auto tile background colour' appears to change nothing
0027994: Sprite Editor: Texture Settings -> Edge Filtering will cause GameMaker Studio 2 to close when using a 4K sprite size (3840x2160)
0028170: Physics shape fixture not generated unless Modify Collision Shape has been opened
0028185: Importing Projects: Dragging gmez onto start page occasionally orders rooms incorrectly
0028208: General: "GMS2 has become unstable" when dismissing Ctrl+T via spamming Escape
0028157: Source Control: 'Import Project to Repo' creates local repo if the import fails, preventing further imports
0028300: Preferences: Android keystore import / generate / show hash buttons should force showing their output
0028299: Preferences: Android keystore alias should check for spaces and block with a description of how to fix
0028258: Debugger: DS_Map key output in instances tab does not show bitshifted integers
0028100: Debugger: Always uses the IP for the last Mac in device manager, which might not be the targeted Mac
0028003: Debugger: GMS2 Runner.exe creates new inbound rule each time you debug
0028026: Resource Tree: Pressing Enter after searching for a resource does not open the resource
0027882: My Library: DPI scaling removes refresh button and squashes Search
0028117: Search + Replace: Can't resize window
0027940: Game Options: Mac is missing 'Enable Retina' option
0027624: Game Options: UWP Publisher Name is missing from the UWP Game Options
0027839: Tutorials: Crash when clicking 'Get More Tutorials'
0027989: Licensing: Buying GMS2 products will require log out/in to properly update your licence
0026770: Build Android: Cannot build for Android VM if the path to the NDK has not been set
0027362: Build UWP: Certificate install not prompted / isn't performed as part of pfx install, causes builds to fail to install on phone
Known Issues:
If you have cached Ubuntu build output for projects you will need to clean these to avoid a "already connected" error (just need to do this once)
Explorer file dialogs can sometimes fail to open. This is a Windows 10 Creators Update issue and has been seen failing in other applications
Welcome Page is still disabled during start-up - it can still be accessed via the Help menu, so new users can still get to these videos and links
Runtime download/activation has been seen to crash the IDE occasionally during subsequent startup
Closing and reopening the Marketplace tab can cause issues downloading some assets thereafter, need to restart GMS2 to fix
Dead instances of Window's RuntimeBroker application can block attempts to use the manual in the IDE - just get a white page
UWP requires you to have the older SDK tools installed as well as the current ones, not just the current ones

New in GameMaker Studio 2.1.3 Build 271 (Dec 13, 2017)

In this release, along with lots of bug fixes, the object editor has gained a new section for defining the object's variables as well as showing inherited parent events in the Events window. We have also brought GMS2 in line with new/upcoming Mac and iOS submission requirements - please note, iOS project icons will have to be updated to match the new sizes.
Object Variables:
The object editor now has a new 'Variables' section
This editor allows you to define variables and their default values, and these will be automatically set upon creation
These default values can then be overridden for specific instances by opening the same variables window when in the room editor
Inherited Parent Events:
The object editor's Events list now shows "ghosted" events inherited from a parent object
This makes it easy to view all events available to an object in one place
You can quickly open, inherit or override a parent event via its right-click context menu
Amazon Fire:
Fixed an issue where some users got "Unable to obtain permission to execute" when running projects
Fixed Device Manager's Test Connection button appeared to do nothing if you had the above issue
iOS:
Added support for required new iOS icons, fixes game submission fails
NOTE: You will be prompted (once) on opening an out-of-date project to update its iOS images
Fixed an issue which meant Push Notification support was always being included in builds
Ubuntu and Mac 64bit games:
Ubuntu support has now shifted to 64bit, rather than 32bit
NOTE: You need to clean your project cache for Ubuntu if you get an error about already being connected when trying to build
Mac now includes 64bit and 32bit binaries in its packages in order to comply with submission requirements, so builds will take a little longer now
Misc IDE Changes:
Code Editor: Now uses "standard" text editor behaviour for home/end keys
Debugger: Graph now shows more accurate fps_real values rather than a mean of a few frames
Preferences: Android/Amazon keystore Import, Generate, and Show Hash buttons will show the output Window so you can see messages
Resource Tree: Optimisations to speed up the IDE when large projects are open
Target Manager: Currently-selected target is saved per-project when you close your projects
Fixed Bugs:
0027455: Extension Editor: Removing proxy files with matching name can cause extension files to be deleted
0027991: Code Editor: Multi select gets removed if you backspace more than once
0028186: Code Editor: display_set_gui_maximise() should allow support for the US equivalent display_set_gui_maximize()
0025608: Code Editor: Reopening projects with open code editors, not all of the code is coloured correctly until editor is focused
0027983: Code Editor: Autocomplete suggests previously used incomplete variable
0027980: Code Editor: Unstable error if you do a replace whilst selection only is enabled, delete some text then type in the search field
0028034: Sound Editor: Short sounds are not played completely in preview
0028216: DnD Editor: Missing a context menu entry for Expand All
0026596: DnD Editor: Live Preview doesn't get focused if already open and contents have changed
0028192: DnD Editor: Context menu is missing the entries for Go To Object and Add/Open Event
0028197: DnD Editor: Context menu is missing keyboard shortcuts
0028196: DnD Editor: Can't Cut/Copy/Paste using keyboard shortcuts using macOS IDE
0028150: Image Editor: Shift selecting frames can cause Shift key to become locked
0028114: Image Editor: Blend Mode 'Multiply' will not use destination alpha
0027385: Image Editor: Dropping any non-image file on top of an open Image Editor gives incorrect prompt
0028093: Tile Set Editor: Changing 'Auto tile background colour' appears to change nothing
0027994: Sprite Editor: Texture Settings -> Edge Filtering will cause GameMaker Studio 2 to close when using a 4K sprite size (3840x2160)
0028170: Physics shape fixture not generated unless Modify Collision Shape has been opened
0028185: Importing Projects: Dragging gmez onto start page occasionally orders rooms incorrectly
0028208: General: "GMS2 has become unstable" when dismissing Ctrl+T via spamming Escape
0028157: Source Control: 'Import Project to Repo' creates local repo if the import fails, preventing further imports
0028300: Preferences: Android keystore import / generate / show hash buttons should force showing their output
0028299: Preferences: Android keystore alias should check for spaces and block with a description of how to fix
0028258: Debugger: DS_Map key output in instances tab does not show bitshifted integers
0028100: Debugger: Always uses the IP for the last Mac in device manager, which might not be the targeted Mac
0028003: Debugger: GMS2 Runner.exe creates new inbound rule each time you debug
0028026: Resource Tree: Pressing Enter after searching for a resource does not open the resource
0027882: My Library: DPI scaling removes refresh button and squashes Search
0028117: Search + Replace: Can't resize window
0027940: Game Options: Mac is missing 'Enable Retina' option
0027624: Game Options: UWP Publisher Name is missing from the UWP Game Options
0027839: Tutorials: Crash when clicking 'Get More Tutorials'
0027989: Licensing: Buying GMS2 products will require log out/in to properly update your licence
0026770: Build Android: Cannot build for Android VM if the path to the NDK has not been set
0027362: Build UWP: Certificate install not prompted / isn't performed as part of pfx install, causes builds to fail to install on phone
Known Issues:
If you have cached Ubuntu build output for projects you will need to clean these to avoid a "already connected" error (just need to do this once)
Explorer file dialogs can sometimes fail to open. This is a Windows 10 Creators Update issue and has been seen failing in other applications
Welcome Page is still disabled during start-up - it can still be accessed via the Help menu, so new users can still get to these videos and links
Runtime download/activation has been seen to crash the IDE occasionally during subsequent startup
Closing and reopening the Marketplace tab can cause issues downloading some assets thereafter, need to restart GMS2 to fix
Dead instances of Window's RuntimeBroker application can block attempts to use the manual in the IDE - just get a white page
UWP requires you to have the older SDK tools installed as well as the current ones, not just the current ones

New in GameMaker Studio 2.1.2 Build 257 (Nov 2, 2017)

IDE Changes:
Fixed some platforms saying builds succeeded on the final line of the output log when they had actually failed
Fixed dragging-in files which have invalid names used the invalid name for the resource, making it unusable in your project
Fixed importing GM:S 1.4 projects would always recalculate fonts, but using the default font and not the correct one for the resource
Changed Ctrl+Home and Ctrl+End in Code Editor windows to jump to top/bottom of the file again
Added pagination support to My Library in the Marketplace, which speeds up loading your purchase list
Added another cache preference to control the IDE's project cache path
Added Android Preference to specify the keystore's own password (which can differ from the alias password, as Google have now fixed this longtime issue)
Added a new game option for Windows builds to copy the runner to the game's build folder each time (defaults to off to fix the firewall prompts users got in 2.1.1)
Note: If your project uses DLL extensions you might require this preference to be enabled (this was why the change was made for 2.1.1)
Fixed Bugs:
0028146: DnD Editor: Pressing 'Del' key does not act the same as Right-click > Delete on a DnD Node
0028023: Build Ubuntu: YYC runs don't work with Steam as the build process copies libsteam_api.so to the wrong place
0028009: Android Keystore Requires 2 Password Fields (alias and keystore password)
0028003: Debugger: GMS2 Runner.exe creates new inbound rule each time you debug
0027989: Licensing: Buying GMS2 products will require log out/in to properly update your licence
0027984: Object Editor: Having an object open in a room and a workspace can lead to odd behavior when opening events
0027983: Code Editor: Autocomplete suggests previously used incomplete variable
0027980: Code Editor: Unstable error if you do a replace whilst selection only is enabled, delete some text then type in the search field
0027965: Object Editor: clicking event in events window does not open or show event, after dragging tabbing event out to workspace
0027964: Start Page: Tutorials/Demos buttons don't appear when a second desktop is open
0027946: Build Android: 'Google APK Expansion' extension prevents building
0027928: Code Editor: Putting a #region after a switch statement throws a syntax error
0027871: Compiling: Interrupting any package building causes infinite building process
0026770: Build Android: Cannot build for Android VM if the path to the NDK has not been set
0026157: Preferences: Visual Studio folder for Windows UWP uses the old system, should be changed to point at the batch file instead [this change was applied to several platforms]
Known IDE Issues:
Explorer file dialogs can sometimes fail to open. This is a Windows 10 Creators Update issue and has been seen failing in other applications.
Welcome Page is still disabled during start-up - it can still be accessed via the Help menu, so new users can still get to these videos and links.
Runtime download/activation has been seen to crash the IDE occasionally during subsequent startup.
Closing and reopening the Marketplace tab can cause issues downloading some assets thereafter, need to restart GMS2 to fix.
Dead instances of Window's RuntimeBroker application can block attempts to use the manual in the IDE - just get a white page.
UWP requires you to have the older SDK tools installed as well as the current ones, not just the current ones.
Various IDE stability issues with some Macs using High Sierra betas, including after updating to "GM candidate" or the full release. Note that Apple recommend a reformat anyway.

New in GameMaker Studio 2.1.1.241 (Oct 31, 2017)

General IDE Changes:
We've added some cool new splash screens and now randomly choose which is shown.
Language files now have the standard 2-digit language code in them, and GMS2 will now auto-select its language for new installs by using your OS language.
Mac installer will now remove all previous files, cleaning out the installed folder.
New sprite editor filters added to help get rid of halos and glows around sprites.
Fixed 0022788: Manual tree buttons get squished at higher DPIs
Fixed 0027410: Select All on Output Window selects wrong text
Fixed 0027607: Code Folding indentation does not reset when regions removed
Fixed 0027602: Image Editor: Layer list selects the first item in the list rather than the first layer
Fixed 0027657: Start Page: Carousel images can get jaggy when scaling (moving windows taskbar causes this)
Fixed 0027597: Workspaces: Unable to rename code windows that have a collection of scripts in them
Fixed 0027669: Object Editor: Copying and Pasting events using keyboard shortcuts doesn't work properly and throws fatal errors
Fixed 0027616: Preferences: Spline Editor insertion precision setting does nothing
Fixed 0027553: Documentation: Pressing "F1" on the keyword "global" opens wrong page
Fixed 0027578: DnD Editor: No action to set button threshold
Fixed 0027667: Debugger: Specific project doesn't disconnect from the debugger correctly
Fixed 0027469: Path Editor: Colour change for highlighted control point is too subtle
Fixed 0027465: Sprite Editor: Collision mask 'mode' dropdown is smaller in height than any other drop down list
Fixed 0027344: Image Editor: Pressing escape removes your selection whilst on effect dialogues rather than closing the effect dialogue
Fixed 0027374: DnD Editor: Icon for Set Instance Rotation shows clockwise though GMS rotates anticlockwise
Fixed 0027047: Marketplace: My Library: 'No Assets' message doesn't scale well with DPI (gets cut off)
Fixed 0026799: Remote Worker: Hitting Enter from any of the input fields for adding a worker does nothing
Fixed 0026848: Target Manager: Should only allow one instance of the Add Worker dialogue at a time
Fixed 0026646: Workspaces: Ctrl+Tab active windows list should be ordered "most recently in focus" -> oldest
Fixed 0026589: Room Editor: Path colour does not save
Fixed 0027563: Suggestion: Code Editor: Ability to jump to next/previous #region marker
Fixed 0026728: Start Page: Does not advise Trial users that they can't import projects if dropped onto the IDE
Fixed 0027385: Image Editor: Dropping any non-image file on top of an open Image Editor gives incorrect prompt
Fixed 0027375: Suggestion: Updating: Clicking "Download Now" button should not close the IDE if the update is optional
Fixed 0027460: Image Editor: Editing onion skin settings turns on onion skin rendering until frame selection
Fixed 0026824: Suggestion: Workspaces: Quickly pressing and releasing Ctrl+Tab should toggle between last-focused resources
Fixed 0026819: Suggestion: Workspaces: Being able to close resource windows as part of the Ctrl+Tab dialog
Fixed 0026505: Documentation: Tools pages should say the tools are accessed from Tools menu
Fixed 0027284: Suggestion: Resource Tree: "Add Image as Sprite" on Sprites category node
Fixed 0027332: Debugger: Multiple IDEs in Debug mode refuse debugger connection, breaks both debugger sessions
Fixed 0027466: Sprites: Green outline drawn around sprite when interpolate colour is enabled (private)
Fixed 0027744: Home/End key does nothing in output window
Fixed 0027679: Suggestion: Code Editor: If no key combo match found, search for a match after removing modifier keys (e.g., Shift + Enter)
Fixed 0027588: Resource Tree: Keeping text in your search field then moving resources performs your search again
Fixed 0027742: Suggestion: Search + Replace in Script should open with Ctrl+H
Fixed 0027774: Image Editor: Colour Remove Tool info is missing
Fixed 0027694: 0027694: Resource Tree: Able to duplicate resources within a filtered tree
Fixed 0027695: Resource Tree: Able to duplicate and/or delete resources by pressing F5 during a rename
Fixed 0027786: My Library: IDE becomes unstable when importing a GMS2 marketplace asset
Fixed 0027763: Debugger: layer built-in variable isn't shown
Fixed 0027771: Code Editor: Going to definition of macro or enum doesn't put cursor at the correct line
Fixed 0027662: Search + Replace: Doing a replace doesn't trigger a code parse
Fixed 0027695: Resource Tree: Able to duplicate and/or delete resources by pressing F5 during a rename
Fixed 0027470: Object Editor: Parent window doesn't show descendants of children
Fixed 0027560: Image Editor: Adding a layer after drawing while animating causes frame 1 to lose data (private)
Fixed 0027590: Preferences: Default code editor font will reset to 'Regular' on IDE restart.
Fixed 0027800: Font Editor: Pressing From Code when you have no code written will leave you in a state where you are Processing forever
Fixed 0027529: Compiling: If your devices.json is locked somehow we don't throw any warnings or errors
Fixed 0027650: Code Editor: Function help shows the wrong function if you place brackets around an argument
Fixed 0027807: Instance order rendering in the room editor is wrong
Fixed 0027458: Image Editor: Have to click (not select) brush before you can delete it
Fixed 0027809: Debugger: [Mac IDE] Runner closes while out of focus and idle (private)
Fixed 0027824: Preferences: Opening Preferences with malformed dpi_override throws 'IDE unstable'
Fixed 0027856: Saving: Save As gave exception and failed to actually write anything out (private)
Fixed 0027839: Tutorials: [MacIDE] Crash when clicking 'Get More Tutorials'
Fixed 0027857: Saving: Save As doesn't appear to finish off the save process fully, still told files are dirty(private)
Fixed 0025694: Tile Set Editor: Checkered background is brighter in Brushes panel on Brush Builder, all other panels should be changed to match
Fixed 0027897: Tutorials: Schema link missing for opening links in default OS browser and not IDE browser
Known Issues:
Explorer file dialogs can sometimes fail to open. This is a Windows 10 Creators Update issue and has been seen failing in other applications.
Welcome Page is still disabled during start-up - it can still be accessed via the Help menu, so new users can still get to these videos and links.
Runtime download/activation has been seen to crash the IDE occasionally during subsequent startup.
Closing and reopening the Marketplace tab can cause issues downloading some assets thereafter, need to restart GMS2 to fix.
Dead instances of Window's RuntimeBroker application can block attempts to use the manual in the IDE - just get a white page.
UWP requires you to have the older SDK tools installed as well as the current ones, not just the current ones.
Various IDE stability issues with some Macs using High Sierra betas, including after updating to "GM candidate". Note that Apple recommend a reformat anyway.